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petrosilex

noun

Etymology

From petro- + silex.

  1. borrowed from silex
  2. formed as petrosilex — “petro- + silex”

Definitions

  1. felsite

    • Petrosilex has given rise to different .
    • A brief history of the word felsite and its synonyms in different countries (petrosilex, eurite, and ha:lleflinta) will serve to illustrate the unfitness of it and these allied terms for exact petrographical usage.

  2. A fine-grained, silica-rich rock composed of quartz and sometimes other minerals, similar…

    A fine-grained, silica-rich rock composed of quartz and sometimes other minerals, similar to the chemical structure of hornstone but having a different texture.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA