Rhyolite
Esquema
Jerarquía
<materials by composition> > inorganic material > rock > igneous rock > <igneous rock by composition> > <igneous rock by composition: chemical> > acid igneous rock
Descripción
Any of a number of extrusive acid igneous rocks, usually porphyritic and exhibiting flow lines, with phenocrysts of quartz and alkali feldspar in a glassy to cryptocrystalline groundmass; the extrusive equivalent of granite.
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Otros términos
- 流紋岩 [zh]
- rhyoliet [nl]
- rhyolithe [fr]
- riolita [es]
- liú wén yán [zh]
- liu wen yan [zh]
- liparite [en]