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Nephelite
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Nephelite
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Nephelite
, also called
nepheline
, is a
feldspathoid
-- a silica-undersaturated aluminosilicate (
Na
Al
Si
O
4
) which occurs in low-silicon rocks such as essexite,
tephrite
,
syenite
and
phonolite
.