Definition of Andesyte

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of andesite) ¹

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Definition of Andesyte

1. andesite [n -S] - See also: andesite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andesyte

andante
andantes
andantini
andantino
andantinos
ande
andelmin
andersen sampler
andersonite
andersson lesion
andesine
andesines
andesite
andesites
andesitic
andesyte (current term)
andesytes
andira
andirine
andiron
andirons
andorite
andorra
andosite
andouille
andouilles
andouillette
andouillettes
andradite
andradites

Literary usage of Andesyte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Mineralogy and Petrography: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1897)
"VARIETIES of andesyte and Dacite.—a. Fine-grained, b Porphyritic. c. ... Contains the same feldspars as andesyte; but augite is present, ..."

2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"The limestone Is Cretaceous, the andesyte and subsequent dykes post-Cretaceous. The author was unable to determine the relations of the ..."

3. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Obs.—Occurs chiefly in acidic volcanic rocks/ trachyte, andesyte, ... First observed in crevices aud druses in an augite-andesyte from the Cerro San ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"AD Hague has found, in the Leadville region, the succession in the ejected rocks to be (1) andesyte, ..."

5. Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology: Containing the Elements of the Science by James Dwight Dana (1886)
"... (of Abich\ a dark gray to reddish-brown rock, somewhat trachyte-like in aspect, is, in part, near andesyte, it consisting of ..."

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