: a usually light-colored volcanic rock consisting chiefly of potash feldspar
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Some samples preserve more of the mixing, thus contain the trachyte.
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Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2011
That compositional different might suggest that the two true end members are the basanite and the rhyolite while the trachyte might be a mix of the two.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2011
Now, after years of protests and problems, the city has decided to replace the translucent glass with less slippery — and less glamorous — trachyte stone.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2011
That compositional different might suggest that the two true end members are the basanite and the rhyolite while the trachyte might be a mix of the two.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2011
Now, after years of protests and problems, the city has decided to replace the translucent glass with less slippery — and less glamorous — trachyte stone.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022
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“Trachyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trachyte. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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