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Definition of Aphanites
1. aphanite [n] - See also: aphanite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphanites
Literary usage of Aphanites
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)
"GENERAL STATEMENT OF COMPOSITION OF aphanites OF DIVISION 4 GROUP A ... aphanites of
this group with subordinate amounts of mafic minerals are commoner than ..."
2. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"(a) Non-porphyritic aphanites, if light-colored, may be classed as ... aphanites or
porphyries, if light-colored, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"The aphanites may be non-porphyritic or porphyritic. (a) Non-porphyritic aphanites,
when light-colored, may be classed as ..."
4. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1902)
"I. Hornblende fibres may be seen occasionally with the lens, as may the glancing
surfaces of ophitic augite in the pyroxene- aphanites or dolerites. ..."
5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"The aphanites may be non-porphyritic or porphyritic. (a) Non-porphyritic aphanites
when light-colored may be classed as ..."
6. The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology by Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1892)
"... the more compact diorites, aphanites, diabases, and slightly decomposed basalts.
The term Greystone has been occasionally used for some of the darker ..."
7. A Manual of Lithology by Edward Higginson Williams (1886)
"No attempt will be made to distinguish diabase- aphanites from the aphanitic ...
be distinguished from basalt by its color, though some aphanites are black. ..."
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