What does petrosilex mean?
Petrosilex means (mineralogy) felsite.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(mineralogy) felsite.
Petrosilex has given rise to different .
The name simple petrosilex seems to have been confined to the more apparenttly homogeneous felsites, while the term porphyritic petrosilex was given to those rocks supposed to have a base of simple petrosilex or of felsparoid which held enclosed porphyritic crystals.
A brief history of the word felsite and its synonyms in different countries (petrosilex, eurite, and ha:lleflinta) will serve to illustrate the unfitness of it and these allied terms for exact petrographical usage.
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Petrosilex means (mineralogy) felsite.
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Petrosilex has given rise to different .
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