trachyte

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French trachyte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

trachyte (countable and uncountable, plural trachytes)

  1. (geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 52:
      The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.

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