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Nepheline vs Ijolite - What's the difference?

nepheline | ijolite |

As nouns the difference between nepheline and ijolite

is that nepheline is nepheline while ijolite is (mineralogy) a rare igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite.

nepheline

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.

    • See also

    * ("nepheline" on Wikipedia) * feldspathoid * feldspar

    ijolite

    English

    (wikipedia ijolite)

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A rare igneous rock consisting essentially of nepheline and augite.