Where Is Felsite Found?

The name Darrough Felsite was originally assigned to a body of fine-grained quartzofeldspathic igneous rock probably greater than 3 km thick that is exposed continuously over 100 km2 in the southern Toiyabe Range of central Nevada.

What is Felsite used for?

FELSITE, in petrology, a term which has long been generally used by geologists, especially in England, to designate finegrained igneous rocks of acid (or subacid) composition.

Is Felsite a igneous rock?

A fine-grained, light-colored igneous rock, composed chiefly of feldspar and quartz.

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