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Definition of Lithoidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithoidal
Literary usage of Lithoidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1902)
"lithoidal DACITE. This rock (103) comes from the summit of Llao Rock. It consists
of a light- gray, dense, and somewhat porous groundmass with thickly ..."
2. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"Porphyritic, with dense lithoidal groundmass, rarely very fine-grained ...
Dense, lithoidal, in some instances slightly porphyritic and then called ..."
3. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1906)
"B. lithoidal Rocks containing some Glassy Matter. ... lithoidal to glassy groundmass.
I. The porphyritic crystals in these partly glassy ..."
4. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1902)
"Structure— Compact lithoidal, sometimes showing spherulites. ... lithoidal to
glassy groundmass. I. The porphyritic crystals in these partly glassy ..."
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