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Definition of Trachytes

Trachyte
Trachyte Tra"chyte, n. [Gr. ? rough, rugged: cg. F. trachyte.] (Geol.) An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.

Meaning of Trachytes from wikipedia

- quartz-trachytes (now known as liparites and rhyolites) and oligoclase-trachytes, which are now classified as andesites. Quartz is rare in trachyte, but...
- Trachytes is a genus of mites in the family Trachytidae. The following species are part of the genus Trachytes: Trachytes adrianaea Hutu, 2000 Trachytes...
- in British Columbia, Canada Trachytes (mite) This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Trachyte. If an internal link led you...
- Trachyte Cr**** is a stream in Garfield County, Utah, United States. The cr**** was named from the boulders resembling trachyte lining the cr****. List of...
- The Trachyte Hills are a small, hilly mountain range in southern British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of the junction of Bonaparte River and Hat...
- 7–28.2 Ma): trachytic lava flows and tuff Crawford Canyon Trachyte (28.6 Ma) Rose Peak Trachyte (28.6 Ma) 'Palisades Tuff (28.7 Ma): trachytic tuff Lopez...
- youngest volcanic system) in three phases mixing pyroclastic surges, trachytes, and lava flows, as well as explosive materials. Finally, two layers of...
- than 50 m) layer of successive pyroclastic deposits consisting mainly of trachyte. Their products covered an area of 500 km2, forming a plateau that hid...
- such as obsidian and felsic pyroclastic rocks, and is notably found in trachytes of the Drachenfels, Germany. The lower-temperature polymorph of KAlSi3O8...
- with secondary quartz. Recent trachyte tuffs are found on the Rhine (at Siebengebirge), in Ischia and near Naples. Trachyte-carbonatite tuffs have been...