Definition of Felsites

1. Noun. (plural of felsite) ¹

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Definition of Felsites

1. felsite [n] - See also: felsite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Felsites

felon
felonies
felonious
feloniously
feloniousness
feloniousnesses
felonous
felonries
felonry
felons
felonwort
felony
felos-de-se
felsic
felsite
felsites (current term)
felsitic
felspar
felspars
felspath
felspathic
felstone
felstones
felt
felt-tip
felt-tip pen
felt-tip pens
felt-tipped
felt-tipped pen
felt-tipped pens

Literary usage of Felsites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agricultural Geology by Frederick Valentine Emerson (1920)
"The light-colored rocks with this texture are called felsites, the dark-colored rocks are called ... felsites are stony-appearing rocks of moderate weight. ..."

2. Bulletin (1884)
"The felsites and their Associated Rocks North of Boston. ... In considering the rocks associated with the felsites, we shall notice them in the order of ..."

3. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"(I) felsites vary greatly in color, but are not dark gray, ... felsites occur in dikes and sheets. (2) Basalts form a very large and important group of ..."

4. Report and Transactions (1892)
"The chief object of this contribution is to give some idea of the extent of variation in the granites and felsites of the county, a point to which very ..."

5. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1908)
"... possesses in itself no evident powers of resistance over thousands of other granites that might be mentioned. THE PORPHYRIES, OR PORPHYRITIC felsites: ..."

6. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"... possesses in itself no evident powers of resistance over thousands of other granites that might be mentioned. THE PORPHYRIES, OR PORPHYRITIC felsites: ..."

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