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Nepheline vs Eudialyte - What's the difference?

nepheline | eudialyte |

As nouns the difference between nepheline and eudialyte

is that nepheline is nepheline while eudialyte is .

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

    eudialyte

    Noun

  • (mineral) A red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.