feldspathic
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It occurs in the various feldspars and feldspathic rocks, and in mica.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
The trap-rocks alluded to consist chiefly of feldspathic porphyry and amygdaloid, the kernels of the latter being sometimes calcareous, often chalcedonic, and forming beautiful agates.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The submarine lavas in the lower part of the series are mostly feldspathic, whilst in the upper part, on the summit and western flank, they are mostly basaltic.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Eighthly: a bed, about fifty feet thick, of greenish-grey, compact, feldspathic lava, with numerous small crystals of opaque feldspar, black augite, and oxide of iron.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
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