Rhyolithic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of rhyolitic: composed of or related to rhyolite. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

    "The eruptive masses of the Taupo zone consist of lava (the richest known) of silicious earth, also of rhyolithic rocks of all kinds."

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"The eruptive masses of the Taupo zone consist of lava (the richest known) of silicious earth, also of rhyolithic rocks of all kinds."

Etymology

From German Rhyolith (“rhyolite”) + -ic, presumably under influence from -lithic.

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