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Rhyolite meaning
An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
Synonyms of Rhyolite
Using Rhyolite
- The main meaning on this page is: An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
- Useful related words include: igneous rock.
- In the example corpus, rhyolite often appears in combinations such as: the rhyolite, rhyolite ridge, altered rhyolite.
Context around Rhyolite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rhyolite
- In this selection, "rhyolite" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, altered, geology, interlaminated, ridge, may and tuffs stand out and add context to how "rhyolite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include carbaugh run rhyolite quarry site and cavities in rhyolite lava flows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rhyolite" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rhyolite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carbaugh Run Rhyolite Quarry Site (36AD30). (13 words)
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Castle Rock had a very active Rhyolite quarrying industry. (16 words)
Localities and occurrence Topaz is commonly associated with silicic igneous rocks of the granite and rhyolite type. (17 words)
Volcanic activity became concentrated in the vicinity of the present site of Long Valley Caldera 3.1 to 2.5 million years ago with eruptions of rhyodacite followed by high-silica rhyolite from 2.1 to 0.8 million years ago. (41 words)
Last month, GMV conducted a site visit with the vendors of the Daisy Creek property and observed the caldera complex to be as described, filled with relatively shallow-dipping interlaminated rhyolite tuffs and claystones dominating the claims. (37 words)
Matt Weaver is responsible for all engineering and operational aspects of the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron Project in Nevada and for delivering the project through the Definitive Feasibility Study and project execution and into full commercial production. (37 words)
Example sentences (18)
Geology Rhyolite can be considered as the extrusive equivalent to the plutonic granite rock, and consequently, outcrops of rhyolite may bear a resemblance to granite.
Last month, GMV conducted a site visit with the vendors of the Daisy Creek property and observed the caldera complex to be as described, filled with relatively shallow-dipping interlaminated rhyolite tuffs and claystones dominating the claims.
Matt Weaver is responsible for all engineering and operational aspects of the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron Project in Nevada and for delivering the project through the Definitive Feasibility Study and project execution and into full commercial production.
The discovery has the same geological characteristics as the other gold zones on the Williams Brook property: altered rhyolite containing mineralized quartz veins.
The DA to reopen the previously operating quarry proposed to extract rhyolite, a rock containing a high percentage of silica, by means of blasting.
The rhyolite unit is overlain by a sphalerite-chalcopyrite massive sulfide body up to 100m thick (on the section).
Ioneer is listed on the ASX, but its flagship Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project is located in Nevada in the US.
Part of the rhyolite is mineralized and appears to be related to epithermal gold mineralization throughout the property.
The assigned densities range from 2.2g/cm3 for volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks and steam-heated altered rhyolite, to 2.6g/cm3 for undifferentiated basement Paleozoic rocks.
High-grade gold and silver mineralization is hosted in quartz-pyrite cemented rhyolite breccias and brecciated volcano-sediments.
Rhyolite clasts in the breccia are set in a matrix of very-fine sooty pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcedonic quartz, open-space vugs and minor carbonaceous material (coal), suggesting a shallow subaqueous environment.
The HWA lens is located approximately 200m above the Main Lens massive sulphide mineralization and consists of zinc-rich massive to semi-massive sulphide in three narrow horizons within a 22-metre-thick rhyolite package.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Castle Rock had a very active Rhyolite quarrying industry.
It typically crystallizes in granitic pegmatites or in vapor cavities in rhyolite lava flows including those at Topaz Mountain in western Utah and Chivinar in South America.
Localities and occurrence Topaz is commonly associated with silicic igneous rocks of the granite and rhyolite type.
National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carbaugh Run Rhyolite Quarry Site (36AD30).
These rhyolite formations can be seen in several city parks and in the yards of a number of private residences.
Volcanic activity became concentrated in the vicinity of the present site of Long Valley Caldera 3.1 to 2.5 million years ago with eruptions of rhyodacite followed by high-silica rhyolite from 2.1 to 0.8 million years ago.
Common combinations with rhyolite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: