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Nepheline Syenite Definition



Definition

Definition
Nepheline Syenite is a holocrystalline plutonic rock resembling syenite but containing nepheline and lacking quartz

History

Origin
-

Discoverer
Unknown

Etymology
From origin of a Palaeozoic nepheline syenite from northern Shanxi Province, China

Class
Igneous Rocks

Sub-Class
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock

Family

Group
Plutonic

Other Categories
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock

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Define Nepheline Syenite

Nepheline Syenite is one of the important type of rocks. If we have to define Nepheline Syenite in general, Nepheline Syenite is a holocrystalline plutonic rock resembling syenite but containing nepheline and lacking quartz. Nepheline Syenite comes under Igneous Rocks. All Igneous Rocks have similar properties and formation process. Along with Nepheline Syenite Definition, know more about the History of Nepheline Syenite, Etymology of Nepheline Syenite in next sections.

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