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Trachyte vs Liparite - What's the difference?

trachyte | liparite |

As nouns the difference between trachyte and liparite

is that trachyte is a pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase while liparite is a quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.

trachyte

English

(wikipedia trachyte)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology, mineralogy) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 52:
  • *:The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.

    • Related terms

    * trachytic * trachytoid

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    liparite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
    • (Webster 1913) ----