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Definition of Tachylites
1. tachylite [n] - See also: tachylite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachylites
Literary usage of Tachylites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Lithology by Edward Higginson Williams (1886)
"6.5 The tachylites occur as thin crusts at the sides or margins of basalt dykes.
... To a certain extent, some tachylites have a sub-conchoidal fracture. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... ts are in large measure glassy (tachylites), and many are very fine grained
and compact; but it is more usual for them to exhibit porphyritic structure, ..."
3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Then numerous dikes of basaltic rocks, some of which have glassy faciès, tachylites,
and some approaching ..."
4. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks by Henry Stephens Washington (1919)
"... and tachylites, may contain several per cent of water and yet be perfectly
fresh; while water often occurs as inclusions, as in the quartzes of many ..."
5. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks by Henry Stephens Washington (1910)
"... and tachylites, may contain several per cent of water and yet be perfectly
fresh; while water often occurs as inclusions, as in the quartzes of many ..."
6. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks by Henry Stephens Washington (1910)
"... and tachylites, may contain several per cent of water and yet be perfectly
fresh; while water often occurs as inclusions, as in the quartzes of many ..."
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