Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
felsite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) See
felsite .
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- noun mineralogy
Felsite .
Etymologies
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From German Feldstein, in analogy with English feldspar.
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Mackintosh alludes (loc. cit., page 442) to felstone boulders around Ashley Heath, the highest ground between the Pennine and
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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