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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of phonolite; composed of phonolite.
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Examples
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The use of compressed earth blocks was linked with other local materials (wood, raffia, basalt and phonolitic stone) as a real building skill developed founded on a knowledge of the characteristics and potentialities of these.
Chapter 4 1995
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These lavas, setting aside the leucite, very nearly resemble the phonolitic ejections of the Peak of Teneriffe.
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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta on one side, by the Alto de las Minas, with the phonolitic and granitic rocks of the Penon and Banca, and on the other, by the Sierra de Perija, with the mountains of Chiliguana and
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These lavas, setting aside the leucite, very nearly resemble the phonolitic ejections of the
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Nevada de Santa Marta on one side, by the Alto de las Minas, with the phonolitic and granitic rocks of the Penon and Banca, and on the other, by the Sierra de Perija, with the mountains of Chiliguana and
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The breccias are located within and adjacent to large blocks of Precambrian granite enveloped by a sequence of trachytic and phonolitic intrusive rocks.
unknown title 2009
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