trachyte
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈtɹeɪkʌɪt/, /ˈtɹakʌɪt/
trachyte
- (geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 52:
- The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 52:
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