nepheline
/ˈnefəlɪn/noun
mass noun
- a colourless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks霞石。
词源
early 19th cent.: from French néphéline, from Greek nephelē 'cloud' (because its fragments are made cloudy on immersion in nitric acid) + -INE2.