leucite

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) +‎ -ite.

Leucite crystals in a rock

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlusaɪt/
• Homophone: Lucite

leucite (countable and uncountable, plural leucites)

1. (mineralogy) 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.
2. (botany) A leucoplast.

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Leucite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “leucite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

• eutelic

• IPA^(key): /lø.sit/

leucite f (plural leucites)

1. leucite

• “leucite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.