kenyte
kenyte A type of mafic phonolite characterized by abundant large phenocrysts of anorthoclase, smaller phenocrysts of nepheline, with or without olivine, and with alkali pyroxene, set in a glassy groundmass (see GLASS). The type locality is Mount Kenya in E. Africa.
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Earliest Times
The earliest manufacture of glass does not antedate the late third millennium b.c.e., when the first glass beads were made in Me… Type Specimen , Skip to main content
type specimen Gilbert-type Delta , Skip to main content
Gilbert-type delta
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