trachytic
Britishadjective
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It retracted deep into the earth after the eruption, leaving a chimney in the older, harder trachytic rock.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
The same traveller supposes, although he found no limestone or trace of fossils in any of the rocks of Teneriffe, that the alternating trachytes and trachytic conglomerates originated beneath the sea.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
It was found to be of volcanic origin, and the soil, formed from the decomposition of trachytic lava, was evidently very fertile.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers
Chimborazo is very likely not a solid mountain; trachytic volcanoes are supposed to be full of cavities.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various
The whole range is for the most part composed of various kinds of trachytic conglomerate.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
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