leucite

As nouns the difference between leucite and lucite

is that leucite is 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 while lucite is alternative case form of Lucite|lang=en.

As a proper noun Lucite is

the tough transparent thermoplastic polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

As nouns the difference between leucite and leucine

is that leucite is while leucine is (amino acid) an essential amino acid, c₆h₁₃no₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

As nouns the difference between leucite and tephrite

is that leucite is 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 while tephrite is an igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.

As a noun leucite

is .

As an adjective leucitic is

(mineralogy) of or pertaining to leucite.