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	AllRefer.com - syenite (Geology And Oceanography) - Encyclopedia
		The chief minerals in syenite are the feldspars, with mica, hornblende, and pyroxene.
		Varieties are distinguished (according to the ferromagnesian minerals contained) as augite syenite, hornblende syenite, mica syenite, and nepheline syenite.
		Syenites are comparatively rare rocks, being found chiefly in a few areas of the United States and Germany.
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	SYENITE - Online Information article about SYENITE
		SYENITE, a name first used by See also:
		blue hornblende, of strong pleochroism, occur in some syenites which are See also:
		In the alkali syenites dark green soda augites may be present; other syenites contain a See also:
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nazareth
		Explorations made in 1909, beneath and around the present church, brought to light the whole plan of the ancient basilica of Constantine.
		It was built from west to east, divided into three naves by two rows of syenite columns, and the grotto was in the north nave.
		The crusaders followed the same plan, and even kept the two rows of columns; they only added new pillars and gave to the façade, as well as to the apse, the appearance and solidity of a fortress.
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	definition of syenite
		A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica.
		Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite.
		At, Egypt, Feldspar, Granite, Hornblende, In, Is, Leucite, Mica, Nephelite, Now, Or, Pyroxene, Quartz, Rock, Syenite
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		This last formation, known as `Nubian Sandstone', covers many thousands of square miles of Nubia and the Sudan.
		From Assuan to Silsileh the Nile flows through Nubian sandstone, but near the ancient Syene a transverse barrier of Granite and `syenite' advances from the east, forming the boundary between Egypt and Nubia.
		This barrier extends southward for about 180 miles, forming a very irregular chain of barren hills 900-1300 fett in height.
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