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Definition of Andesyte
1. andesite [n -S] - See also: andesite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Andesyte
Literary usage of Andesyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1897)
"VARIETIES of andesyte and Dacite.—a. Fine-grained, b Porphyritic. c. ...
Contains the same feldspars as andesyte; but augite is present, ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The limestone Is Cretaceous, the andesyte and subsequent dykes post-Cretaceous.
The author was unable to determine the relations of the ..."
3. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Obs.—Occurs chiefly in acidic volcanic rocks/ trachyte, andesyte, ... First observed
in crevices aud druses in an augite-andesyte from the Cerro San ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"AD Hague has found, in the Leadville region, the succession in the ejected rocks
to be (1) andesyte, ..."
5. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1886)
"... (of Abich\ a dark gray to reddish-brown rock, somewhat trachyte-like in aspect,
is, in part, near andesyte, it consisting of ..."
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