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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FELSITE

Fels(Par) + -ite1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FELSITE

felsite  [ˈfɛlsaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FELSITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Felsite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FELSITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

felsite

Felsite

Felsite is a very fine grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals. Felsite is a field term for a light colored rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition. Color is generally white through light gray, or red to tan and may include any color except dark gray, green or black. The mass of the rock consists of a fine-grained matrix of felsic materials, particularly quartz, sodium and potassium feldspar, and may be termed a quartz felsite or quartz porphyry if the quartz phenocrysts are present. This rock is typically of extrusive origin, formed by compaction of fine volcanic ash, and may be found in association with obsidian and rhyolite. In some cases, it is sufficiently fine-grained for use in making stone tools. Its fine texture and felsic components allow for good knapped pieces, much like working chert, producing conchoidal fracture. Dendritic manganese oxides such as pyrolusite and/or iron oxides such as limonite may precipitate along rock crevices, giving some rock chunk surfaces multicolored or arborescent patterned textures.

Definition of felsite in the English dictionary

The definition of felsite in the dictionary is any fine-grained igneous rock consisting essentially of quartz and feldspar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FELSITE


analcite
æˈnælsaɪt
anthracite
ˈænθrəˌsaɪt
calcite
ˈkælsaɪt
chlorocalcite
ˌklɔːrəʊˈkælsaɪt
cite
saɪt
dulcite
ˈdʌlsaɪt
excite
ɪkˈsaɪt
eyesight
ˈaɪˌsaɪt
fansite
ˈfænsaɪt
foresight
ˈfɔːˌsaɪt
hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt
insight
ˈɪnˌsaɪt
on-site
ˌɒnˈsaɪt
ophicalcite
ˌɒfɪˈkælsaɪt
out-of-sight
ˌaʊtəvˈsaɪt
oversight
ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt
parasite
ˈpærəˌsaɪt
sight
saɪt
site
saɪt
website
ˈwɛbˌsaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FELSITE

felonies
felonious
feloniously
feloniousness
felonous
felonries
felonry
felony
felos de se
felsic
felsitic
felspar
felspathic
felspathoid
felspathose
felstone
felt
felt hat
felt pen
felt tip

WORDS THAT END LIKE FELSITE

active site
andesite
building site
caravan site
composite
construction site
exquisite
heritage site
homesite
internet site
landfill site
microsite
off-site
opposite
prerequisite
requisite
social networking site
subsite
visite
wellsite

Synonyms and antonyms of felsite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «felsite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FELSITE

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The translations of felsite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «felsite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

霏细岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

felsita
570 millions of speakers

English

felsite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

felsite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فلست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Фельзит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

felsite
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Translator English - Bengali

felsite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

felsite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Felsite
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Translator English - German

felsite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

felsite
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Translator English - Korean

felsite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Felsite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

felsite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

felsite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेलिसाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Felsit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Felsite
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Translator English - Polish

felsite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фельзіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

felsite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Felsite
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

felsite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

felsite
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

felsite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of felsite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FELSITE»

The term «felsite» is normally little used and occupies the 140.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FELSITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about felsite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FELSITE»

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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
In addition to the local rock there is a considerable admixture of pebbles of granite, porphyry, breccia, felsite, and many other kinds of igneous rock from other parts of eastern Massachusetts which have been transported by glacial ice,  ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Chert, siliceous tuff, and lesser amounts of greenstone and felsite compose the larger part of the Excelsior formation. In the Gold Range mining district at the east end of the range (pl. 14), the upper part of the formation consists of felsite and ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1941
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
... subdivisions: (1) granite is widely distributed and in several varieties; (2) syenite and nepheline syenite are west of Wausau— mainly in T. 29 N., Rs. 6 and 7 E.; (3) felsite and porphyritic rhyolite-dacite are also near Wausau— mainly T. 29 N.
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Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2168
Geology Gold-bearing quartz veins are mainly in metaturbidites on either side of a series of fine-grained granitic or rhyolitic (felsite) sheets skirting mafic metavolcanics (Fig. 5-2; Beavon, 1947; Phendler, 1983a; 1983b). The sheets and the ...
Padgham, W A, Atkinson, D
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Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, ...
FELSITE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE Felsite (aporhyolite) is found principally in a triangular area east of Hardscrabble Camp, but small areas of it are also found just northeast of Oak Spring and near the extreme southeast corner of ...
Gerald Francis Loughlin, Albert Herbert Koschmann, 1942
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Problems in the disposal of acid aluminum nitrate high-level ...
In contrast to the porphyry just described, the felsite is aphanitic and in some places glassy, and contains only a few very small pheno- crysts of feldspar and quartz. The porphyritic felsite is transitional between the felsite and porphyry, and is ...
Edwin Roedder, 1959
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Professional paper - United States Geological Survey
The felsite obtained near the Malachite mine (No. 1) is a nintlike rock of conchoidal fracture, carrying sparse phenocrysts of glassy plagioclase one-tenth of an inch or less in length. Under the microscope it proves to be noncrystalline, probably ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1918
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The Copper Deposits of Michigan
Sedimentation therefore must have been intermittent. Two contrasting ways in which the intermittent deposition of the felsite conglomerates might have been accomplished have been imagined — that the conglomerates are marine deposits ...
Bert Sylvenus Butler, Wilbur Swett Burbank, 1929
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Large Meteorite Impacts III
Part of monomict felsite cataclasite boulder from the Exmore beds; Watkins School corehole, Recore-1, 196.02 m depth, sample WSR643.1. (A) Cataclastic fabric showing angular fragments bounded by crosscutting fractures and faults as  ...
Thomas Kenkmann, Friedrich Hörz, Alexander Deutsch, 2005
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The Geology and Paleontology of Queensland and New Guinea
Both the conglomerate and the underlying shales have been altered by the felsite . Higher up the creek is a great thickness of conglomerate, very coarse-grained at the base but finer above. In the upper portion of the conglomerate, much ...
Robert Etheridge, R.L. Jack

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FELSITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term felsite is used in the context of the following news items.
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31 major minerals to be notified as minor minerals
... diaspore, dolomite, dunite/pyroxenite, felsite, felspar, fireclay, fuschite quartzite, gypsum, jasper, mica, quartz, sand (others) and shale. «Business Standard, Feb 15»
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Q&A with Ian Tait
Devoid of flint, islanders had to use quartz, and the technique reached its zenith with polished felsite tools unique to Shetland. Distant from the ... «Museums Association, Dec 14»
3
Shetland Museum's highly regarded Archaeology Collection given …
Many of these felsite tools were discovered at North Roe and with their striking patterns and highly polished surfaces they amaze visitors and ... «Culture24, Dec 14»
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Reservoir Minerals Provides an Update on Exploration Activities in …
Gold mineralization in the Bakassi area is spatially associated with the contact between a felsite and schists, and this contact is often exposed ... «Marketwired, Nov 14»
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True Tales from Canton's Past: A Lithic Journey
... likely used as an autumn campsite, offering easy access to the felsite quarries of the Blue Hills and providing a manufacturing site for tools. «Canton Citizen Newspaper, Oct 14»
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Osisko Intersects 2.26 g/t Gold Over 128 Metres at Kirkland Lake
The host rock is an aphanitic, pinkish gray to brick red, commonly microbrecciated lithology (felsite) that completely replaces well laminated ... «Marketwired, Feb 14»
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Xiamen chine.cn: Building a house with good stones is a great saving
Golden Felsite Stone (also called Salvador Gold, Oman Yellow, Golden Felsite, Armenia Gold) is one of them. With the top-grade stones, the ... «PR Web, Feb 14»
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Alexander Nubia Provides a Summary on the Abu Zawal Gold …
... 020N, altered felsite, Cu ox 6.46 FAZ-499 grab Ad30, 150N, quartz vein and felsite 3.28 FAZ 043 chip dump near FAZ 42 3.92 FAZ-444 grab ... «MarketWatch, Jan 14»
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Silver Lake Resources intercepts high grade copper and gold at …
The felsite is hosted within a thick sequence of mafic rocks which show typical packages of chlorite and silica alteration similar to other known ... «Proactive Investors Australia, May 13»
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Superior Copper revisits the old Coppercorp mine
... with pyrite and hematite, the company says, noting the mineralization is hosted in vein breccias and to a lesser extent in felsite dykes. «The Northern Miner, Jan 13»

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