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Definition of Felsic
1. Adjective. (minerology) Enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felsic
1. consisting of feldspar and silicates [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felsic
Literary usage of Felsic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geophysical Expression of Selected Mineral Deposit Models edited by D. B. Hoover (1993)
"Exposed parts of felsic plutons may have distinctive remote sensing signatures,
and separate intrusive phases may be identified ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Al- mandine-rich garnets are found as phenocrysts in intermediate to felsic
extrusives (8) and in cavities in felsic volcanics (10). ..."
3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"... chiefly of mafic minerals with variable negligible amounts of felsic minerals,
since they are extremes of differentiation, occur in comparatively small, ..."
4. A Study of the Magmatic Sulfid Ores by Cyrus Fisher Tolman, Austin Flint Rogers (1916)
"... (4) felsic dikes and masses were squeezed out as marginal segregates during
Ia period of peripheral brecciation, which facilitated the concentration and ..."
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