Definitions for syenites

syenites sy·e·nite

Spelling: [sahy-uh-nahyt]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ əˌnaɪt/

Syenites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in syenites (eeinssty).

Definitions for syenites

noun

  1. a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.

Origin of syenites

1790-1800; Latin syēnītēs (lapis) (stone) of Syene Greek syēnī́tēs (líthos); see -ite1

Examples for syenites

In syenite and greenstone it occurs more commonly than orthoclase.

Of those standing, twenty-seven are made of syenite granite.

Resembles the Cranberry ore deposits.These ores are underlaid by syenite and quartzite, and overlaid by limestone.

The complete gradation from syenite to bauxite has been shown.

The syenite granite was very hard, and capable of taking a high polish.

Eight hundred tons of syenite went to its making, and across the shoulders its breadth is, or was, over twenty-two feet.

They sought no quarried blocks of syenite or granite for their work.

syenite, like granite, is recognised as an igneous as well as a metamorphic rock.

The rock was syenite, so weathered as to resemble sandstone.

What is the mineralogical composition of syenite and diorite?

Word Value for syenites
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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