# leucite

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlusaɪt/

## Definitions
1. A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
2. A leucoplast.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ite.

## Source
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