felsic

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1. felsic - Noun

2. felsic - Adjective

Meaning

felsic (comparative more felsic, superlative most felsic)

(mineralogy) Enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.

felsic (plural felsics)

A rock with such properties.

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Aplite and porphyry dikes and veins may intrude pegmatites and wall rocks adjacent to intrusions, creating a confused sequence of felsic intrusive apophyses (thin branches or offshoots of igneous bodies) within the aureole of some granites. Source: Internet

Beryllium becomes concentrated in felsic pegmatites in which chromium is almost absent. Source: Internet

Quartz grains evolve from plutonic rock, which are felsic in origin and also from older sandstones that have been recycled. Source: Internet

Chemically, mafic rocks are on the other side of the rock spectrum from the felsic rocks. Source: Internet

Felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks Those rocks that contain the most silica, and on crystallizing yield free quartz, form a group generally designated the "felsic" rocks. Source: Internet

In terms of chemistry, felsic minerals and rocks are at the other end of the elemental spectrum from the mafic minerals and rocks. Source: Internet

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