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felsite

/fel-sahyt/US // ˈfɛl saɪt //UK // (ˈfɛlsaɪt) //

燧石,燧石矿,长石,长石岩

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.

Examples

  • The stones themselves were felsite, which abounds in the locality.

  • The rough felsite blocks of which they were composed were surprisingly large, considering the diminutive size of the cabins.

  • We found, besides, a few cores of felsite and some shapeless flakes and several fragments of large metates.

  • The blocks were lava and hard felsite, measuring one and a half to three feet.

  • Still later, dolerite sills and sheets and dikes of granophyre and quartz felsite followed in the same region.