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Tachylite (/ˈtækəlaɪt/ TAK-ə-lyte; also
spelled tachylyte) is a form of
basaltic volcanic gl****. This gl**** is
formed naturally by the
rapid cooling of...
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further illustrated by the two
forms of
basaltic gl****,
tachylite and sideromelane.
Tachylite is
opaque to
transmitted light because of the abundance...
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kalsititic rocks Taconite –
Variety of iron-bearing
sedimentary rock
Tachylite – Form of
basaltic volcanic gl**** Teschenite – Type of
igneous rock –...
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often exhibit fine-grained to
aphanitic chilled margins which may
contain tachylite (dark
mafic gl****).
Diabase is the
preferred name in
North America, while...
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palagonite tuff, for
which it is characteristic. It is a less
common form of
tachylite, with
which it
usually occurs together;
however it
lacks the iron oxide...
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central and
northern Europe: he
wrote on gypsum, pyrites, felspar,
tachylite,
cordierite and on some
eruptive rocks, and
devoted much
attention to...
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Tachylite is an
unusual and
relatively rare
stone used in
making flaked stone tools, and
which is
found in
Aboriginal archaeological sites in Victoria...
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volcanic ash Hyaloclastite –
Volcaniclastic ac****ulation or
breccia and
tachylite –
volcanic gl****es with
basaltic composition Knapping –
Shaping of conchoidal...
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lacking the iron
oxide crystals dis****d in the more
commonly occurring tachylite.
Fragments of
these gl****es are
usually surrounded by a
yellow waxy layer...
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within aphanitic,
mafic igneous rocks, such as basalt, komatiite, and
tachylite, that
comprise either pillow lavas,
subaerial lava flows, or volcanic...
