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Definition of Aphanitic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to aphanite.
Definition of Aphanitic
1. a. Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure.
Definition of Aphanitic
1. Adjective. (geology) Pertaining to or consisting of aphanites, igneous rocks which have crystals too fine to be seen by the naked eye. ¹
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Definition of Aphanitic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Aphanitic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphanitic
Literary usage of Aphanitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"It also includes all rocks that have the same chemical composition as those just
described, whether aphanitic or glassy. Besides the feldspathic components ..."
2. Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks: Based on Chemical and Mineral by Whitman Cross, Joseph Paxson Iddings, Louis Valentine Pirsson, Henry Stephens Washington (1902)
"Felsite includes all aphanitic igneous rocks that are non-porphyritic and are
light-colored, in various tones, and with various lusters other than vitreous. ..."
3. Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1897)
"Under each there is great diversity in the kinds of rocks as to texture, for
coarsegrained or granitoid, fine-grained, aphanitic, and glass- bearing ..."
4. Report by Ontario Dept. of Mines (1904)
"They are very fine-grained, aphanitic rocks, •which, in thin sections, are seen
to consist of numerous, small irregularly arranged crystals of plagioclase ..."
5. Contributions to Economic Geology (short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1917 by F. L. Ransome, E F Burchard, Hoyt S Gale, Geological Survey (U.S.), David White, Geological Survey (U.S. (1918)
"The fibrous variety, because of its weight and evident purity, is obviously of
high grade; the grade of the aphanitic variety, of course, ..."
6. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"Varies in texture from granite-like to aphanitic. In the coarse granite-like ...
A compact aphanitic kind, of a red color, is the typical red porphyry, ..."
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