Felsite vs Petrosilex - What's the difference?
felsite | petrosilex |
(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.
As nouns the difference between felsite and petrosilex
is that felsite is (mineral) a fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals while petrosilex is (mineralogy) felsite.felsite
English
(wikipedia felsite)Noun
(en noun)- The buff-colored dacites of the Superstition Mountains are felsites .