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Felsite

A rock subtype
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Felsite

Green Cleugh, Pentland Hills, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Felsite

Green Cleugh, Pentland Hills, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Felsite

Green Cleugh, Pentland Hills, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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As a rock term initially used for the microcrystalline groundmass of porphyries but now more commonly used for microcrystalline rocks of granitic composition. The name had previously been used by Kirwan (1794) for a microcrystalline variety of feldspar. Synonym of: felstone, aphanite

Compare with: felsophyre


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Mindat ID:
48445
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:48445:7
GUID
(UUID V4):
37b98737-63a6-4078-bc3e-c7518c4f70e1

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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
5 photos of Felsite associated with CopperCu
4 photos of Felsite associated with Conglomerate
2 photos of Felsite associated with Sandstone

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