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...
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.