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Definition of Tachylytes
1. tachylyte [n] - See also: tachylyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachylytes
Literary usage of Tachylytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geology of the Small Isles of Inverness-shire: (Rum, Canna, Eigg, Muck by Alfred Harker, George Barrow (1908)
"OCCURRENCE AND PETROGRAPHY OF tachylytes. In general the normal basalt and dolerite
dykes of the British Tertiary region contain little or no glassy residue ..."
2. The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye by Alfred Harker (1904)
"Some interest attaches to the specific gravity of the tachylytes. ... The somewhat
less basic tachylytes, however, with less magnesia and more alkalies in ..."
3. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1897)
"But little is known of tachylytes among the older volcanic ... Closely allied to
the spherulitic tachylytes are the rocks known as ..."
4. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1906)
"See Andesitic tachylytes above. Specific Gravity.—About 2-7. ... The microscopic
characters repeat those described under the andesitic tachylytes. ..."
5. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1902)
"See Andesitic tachylytes above. Specific Gravity.—About 2'7. ... The microscopic
characters repeat those described under the andesitic tachylytes. ..."
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