Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek phrase Εὖ διάλυτος, eu dialytos, meaning "well decomposable", is a somewhat rare, nine-member-ring cyclosilicate mineral, which forms in alkaline igneous r
Pink eudialyte in syenite (lujavrite) from Poços de Caldas, Brazil. The white mineral is alkali feldspar, the black is aegirine, and the little brown bits are biotite.
Nepheline syenite is a holocrystalline plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar. The rocks are mostly pale colored, grey or pink, and in general appearance they are not unl
Hand samples of nepheline syenite of the Ordovician Beemerville Complex, northern New Jersey
Nepheline syenite of the Intrusive Complex of Tanguá, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Motoki et al., 2011a)
Kakortokite (eudialytic nepheline syenite) Kangerdluarssaq Fjord, far-southern Greenland. Slab is 9.5 cm tall.
Pseudoleucite nepheline syenite of the Intrusive Complex of Morro de São João, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Motoki et al., 2011b)