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Webster 1913 Edition


Felsite

Fel′site

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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

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Noun.
[See Feldspar.] A species of compact feldspar, of an azure blue or green color, found amorphous associated with quartz and mica.

Definition 2024


felsite

felsite

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Noun

felsite (plural felsites)

  1. (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.
  2. (geology) Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.

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