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Felsite is a very fine-grained
volcanic rock that may or may not
contain larger crystals.
Felsite is a
field term for a light-colored rock that typically...
- cryptocrystalline.
Volcanic rocks,
especially of the
felsic type such as
felsites and rhyolites, may have a
cryptocrystalline groundm**** as distinguished...
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others contain porphyritic crystals of
quartz which resemble those of the
felsites and porphyries. Mica, iron oxides, apatite, zircon,
epidote and hornblende...
- more
often found in the
lighter (higher silica)
igneous rocks such as
felsites and andesites,
although they
occur throughout the
igneous spectrum including...
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Manhaul Glacier and
Edisto Glacier,
which flows past
Tombstone Hill and
Felsite Island. The
Hallett Peninsula forms the
southeast side of
Edisto Inlet...
- Peak.
Felsite Peak was
named after Felsite Cr**** and has a
triple summit on the east side of the
Disappointment Glacier and at the head of
Felsite Cr****...
- also be
called leucocratic, from the Gr****
words for
white and dominance.
Felsite is a
petrologic field term used to
refer to very fine-grained or aphanitic...
- "Shetland knives" are
stone tools that date from this
period made from
felsite from Northmavine.
Pottery shards found at the
important site of Jarlshof...
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known as the "Hill of Fire" it is also suggested[by whom?]
exposed red hue
felsite rock
visible in many
places on the hill
helped give rise to this name due...
- also biotite, quartz, and orthoclase.
Andesite Basalt Basanite Dacite Felsite Phonolite Rhyolite Trachyte Le Maitre, R. W., ed. (1989). A classification...
