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Definition of Rhyolites
1. rhyolite [n] - See also: rhyolite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhyolites
Literary usage of Rhyolites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The vitreous rhyolites are identical in most respects with the obsidians, ...
In many rhyolites the felsite is original and represents an incipient ..."
2. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"Some petrologists distinguish between potash- and soda- rhyolites, ... In some
rhyolites the phenocrysts occur only sparingly, or may even fail altogether. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The vitreous rhyolites arc identical in most respects with the obsidians, ...
Many micro- crystalline rhyolites have a ground-mass in which much ..."
4. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"The rhyolites on the whole yield the poorest soils among the eruptive rocks; they
are slow to weather at best, ..."
5. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"The rhyolites on the whole yield the poorest soils among the eruptive rocks; they
are slow to weather at best, and the soils produced are poor and ..."
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