leucite
Plural: leucites
Noun
- 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.
- A leucoplast.
Origin / Etymology
From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ite.
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