Definition of Rhyolites

1. Noun. (plural of rhyolite) ¹

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Definition of Rhyolites

1. rhyolite [n] - See also: rhyolite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhyolites

rhynchocephalians
rhynchocoela
rhyncholite
rhyncholites
rhynchonella
rhynchophora
rhynchophore
rhynchosaur
rhynchosporium
rhynchota
rhyne
rhynes
rhyniophyte
rhyniophytes
rhyolite
rhyolites (current term)
rhyolitic
rhyparia
rhyparography
rhypophagy
rhysimeter
rhysimeters
rhyta
rhythm
rhythm and blues
rhythm and blues musician
rhythm guitar
rhythm guitars

Literary usage of Rhyolites

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The vitreous rhyolites are identical in most respects with the obsidians, ... In many rhyolites the felsite is original and represents an incipient ..."

2. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"Some petrologists distinguish between potash- and soda- rhyolites, ... In some rhyolites the phenocrysts occur only sparingly, or may even fail altogether. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The vitreous rhyolites arc identical in most respects with the obsidians, ... Many micro- crystalline rhyolites have a ground-mass in which much ..."

4. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"The rhyolites on the whole yield the poorest soils among the eruptive rocks; they are slow to weather at best, ..."

5. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1906)
"The rhyolites on the whole yield the poorest soils among the eruptive rocks; they are slow to weather at best, and the soils produced are poor and ..."

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