syenite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Syēnītēs, from Syēnē (“Aswan”), because it was anciently quarried there.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
syenite (countable and uncountable, plural syenites)
- (geology, obsolete) Granite.
- (geology) An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.
- 1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, page 15:
- 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 magnificent prospect.
Translations[edit]
obsolete: granite — see granite
igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende