Felsite vs Felsic - What's the difference?
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(mineral) A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.
(geology) Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.
(mineralogy) Enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.
Felsic is a related term of felsite.
As nouns the difference between felsite and felsic
is that felsite is a fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals while felsic is a rock with such properties.As an adjective felsic is
enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.felsite
English
(wikipedia felsite)Noun
(en noun)- The buff-colored dacites of the Superstition Mountains are felsites .
