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Felsic is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Felsic meaning

Enriched in minerals predominantly composed of the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.

Using Felsic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Enriched in minerals predominantly composed of the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.
  • In the example corpus, felsic often appears in combinations such as: felsic rocks, the felsic, and felsic.

Context around Felsic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

numerous 1× porphyritic 1× chemistry 1×

Often after:

rocks 2× volcanic 2× intermediate 1× plugs 1× dike 1× intrusive 1× pegmatites 1× minerals 1× rock 1× lava 1×

Sentence patterns with Felsic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a porphyritic felsic dike with 1× by numerous felsic to intermediate 1× concentrated in felsic pegmatites in 1× designated the felsic rocks 1× felsic intermediate and 1× from the felsic rocks 1× intermediate and felsic volcanic rocks 1× intruded by felsic plugs and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

aplite and porphyry 1× beryllium becomes concentrated 1× chemically mafic rocks 1× felsic intermediate and 1× gold mineralization is 1× in terms of 1×

Common sentence endings:

the felsic rocks 2× a felsic rock 1× and sericite alteration 1× and sill horizons 1× banded iron formation 1× dikes and sills 1×

Words around Felsic

Just before it in the word index:

felsher 2 felsenthal 2 fels 12 felpham 5 felony 1.502 felons 121

Just after it in the word index:

felsman 2 felson 2 felspar 2 felstead 5 felsted 3 felt 12.323

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Felsic

  • In this selection, "felsic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, numerous, porphyritic, chemistry, rocks, volcanic and intermediate stand out and add context to how "felsic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a porphyritic felsic dike with and by numerous felsic to intermediate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "felsic" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with felsic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Beryllium becomes concentrated in felsic pegmatites in which chromium is almost absent. (12 words)

The rock texture thus determines the basic name of a felsic rock. (12 words)

The AU33 property hosts Mitsumis pluton overlain by volcanics intruded by felsic plugs and sill horizons. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites. (36 words)

The DGB is characterised by a deeply weathered, metamorphosed succession of Archaean mafic, ultramafic, and felsic volcanic rocks with associated volcanogenic sedimentary rocks and thin units of banded chert and banded iron formation. (33 words)

Gold mineralization is hosted within a meta-sedimentary sequence dominated by banded (graphitic) quartzite and interbedded pelitic biotite schist that is cross-cut by numerous felsic to intermediate dikes and sills. (31 words)

Example sentences (13)

Felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks Those rocks that contain the most silica, and on crystallizing yield free quartz, form a group generally designated the "felsic" rocks.

Gold mineralization is hosted within a meta-sedimentary sequence dominated by banded (graphitic) quartzite and interbedded pelitic biotite schist that is cross-cut by numerous felsic to intermediate dikes and sills.

Midway south, the Conejo District is the most recent to be recognized and is characterized by structurally controlled mineralization hosted in intermediate and felsic volcanic rocks.

The DGB is characterised by a deeply weathered, metamorphosed succession of Archaean mafic, ultramafic, and felsic volcanic rocks with associated volcanogenic sedimentary rocks and thin units of banded chert and banded iron formation.

The AU33 property hosts Mitsumis pluton overlain by volcanics intruded by felsic plugs and sill horizons.

The second interval is composed of 5% disseminated pyrite, 1% sphalerite clusters with intense and local pervasive silica flooding hosted in a porphyritic felsic dike with moderate carbonate and sericite alteration.

Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites.

Beryllium becomes concentrated in felsic pegmatites in which chromium is almost absent.

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Chemically, mafic rocks are on the other side of the rock spectrum from the felsic rocks.

In terms of chemistry, felsic minerals and rocks are at the other end of the elemental spectrum from the mafic minerals and rocks.

Quartz grains evolve from plutonic rock, which are felsic in origin and also from older sandstones that have been recycled.

The rock texture thus determines the basic name of a felsic rock.

Water and other volatiles can more easily and gradually escape from mafic lava, so eruptions of volcanoes made of mafic lavas are less explosively violent than felsic-lava eruptions.

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Common combinations with felsic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "felsic" in a sentence?
An example: "Felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks Those rocks that contain the most silica, and on crystallizing yield free quartz, form a group generally designated the "felsic" rocks." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "felsic" from authentic English texts.
What does "felsic" mean?
Felsic means: Enriched in minerals predominantly composed of the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.
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