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Webster 1913 Edition
Felsite
Fel′site
,Noun.
[Cf.
Feldspar
.] (Min.)
A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Webster 1828 Edition
Felsite
FEL'SITE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
felsite
felsite
English
Noun
felsite (plural felsites)
- (mineralogy) A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.
- The buff-colored dacites of the Superstition Mountains are felsites.
- (geology) Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.