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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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A leucoplast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ite.
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4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
leucita
— mineral
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Finnish:
leusiitti
— mineral
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French:
leucite
— mineral
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Spanish:
leucita
— mineral
