leucite

See also: Leucite

English

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leucite

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlusaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Lucite

Noun

leucite (countable and uncountable, plural leucites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
2. (botany) A leucoplast.

Derived terms

• ammonioleucite
• chloroleucite
• chromoleucite
• leucitic
• leucitite
• leucitoid
• pseudoleucite

Translations

mineral

Catalan: leucita f Finnish: leusiitti French: leucite (fr) f Spanish: leucita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Leucite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “leucite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• eutelic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lø.sit/

Noun

leucite f (plural leucites)

1. leucite

Further reading

• “leucite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.