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Definition of Felstones
1. felstone [n] - See also: felstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felstones
Literary usage of Felstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"44); and the green and red porphyritic felstones of Cumberland. A beautiful brown
porphyritic .... felstones ..."
2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"Ma, &c., showing that these sandstones and conglomerates cannot be of Old Red
nge as hitherto supposed. The felstones of the ..."
3. Geology for Students and General Readers: Physical Geology by Alexander Henry Green (1880)
"Professor Haughton has determined by analysis and calculation the compositions
of five felstones with the following results.* The Quartz is usually mixed up ..."
4. Economic Geology: Or, Geology in Its Relations to the Arts and Manufactures by David Page (1874)
"... fair structure (especially the fawn-coloured sorts), and are perfectly
indestructible. Basalts, Greenstones, felstones, &c. The basalts, greenstones or ..."
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