Rhyolithic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rhyolithic is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Alternative form of rhyolitic: composed of or related to rhyolite.
Meaning
(obsolete) Alternative form of rhyolitic: composed of or related to rhyolite.
Example Sentences
The eruptive masses of the Taupo zone consist of lava (the richest known) of silicious earth, also of rhyolithic rocks of all kinds.
According to M. Vélain, the island originally rose above the ocean as a mass of rhyolithic trachyte similar to that which still forms the Nine Pin rock to the north of the entrance to the crater.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhyolitic, rhodolithic, lithoidal, clinopyroxenitic, halloysitic, radiolitic.
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