noun
- plural of leucite; white or gray volcanic minerals composed of potassium aluminum silicate
Usage: geology; mineralogy
Examples
- The volcanic rock contained numerous leucites embedded in the matrix.
- Geologists identified leucites in the lava samples from the recent eruption.
- The leucites appeared as distinctive white crystals in the basalt.
- Laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of leucites in the igneous rock.
- Students examined leucites under the microscope during mineralogy class.