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单词 tephrite
释义 tephrite Min.|ˈtɛfraɪt|
[f. Gr. τεϕρός ash-coloured (f. τέϕρα ashes) + -ite1. Cf. L. tephrītis (Pliny) an ash-coloured precious stone.]
Name given to a class of volcanic rocks related to the basalts. Hence tephritic |-ˈɪtɪk| a., pertaining to or consisting of tephrite; ˈtephritoid, a variety of tephrite containing no nepheline.
1879Rutley Stud. Rocks xiii. 253 The tephrites, or those rocks which are characterised by the presence of nepheline or leucite in conjunction with plagioclase.1889Amer. Nat. Apr. 259 According to the predominance of one or other of the constituents they are divided into basaltic, doleritic and tephritic varieties.
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