OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 55043

syenite

/ˈsaɪənaɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sienita
An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.
Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
The temple, of which some massive hewn blocks and a fine column of Syenite granite still mark the site, occupied a terrace facing the source of the river and commanding a magnifice…
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