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Description
A general term for a group of fine-grain, often glassy, volcanic rocks. Rhyolites contain quartz and feldspar and are compositionally similar to granite. They occur in lava and often exhibit flow lines, spheroids, and nodular structures. Obsidian is a type of rhyolite. Pumice is a very porous, brittle, lightweight variety of rhyolite.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Rhyolith (Deut.); rhyolite (Fr.); ryolit (Pol., Sven.); riolit (Pol.);
| Mohs Hardness | 6-6.5 |
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Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992
- C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyolite (Accessed Nov. 9, 2005)
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998