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Definition of Felsites
1. felsite [n] - See also: felsite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felsites
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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