Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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LEIDLEITE. Geol. A tholeitic rock with plagioclase (1915).
[Called from Glen Leidle, Mull, by H. H. Thomas and E. B. Bailey.]
