lestiwarite

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lestiwarite (countable and uncountable, plural lestiwarites)

  1. (mineralogy) The aplitic dyke-rock that accompanies nephelite-syenites in Norway and Finland, composed chiefly of alkali feldspar, with very subordinate pyroxene or amphibole.