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rhyolite [Brit ˈrʌɪəlʌɪt, Am ˈraɪəˌlaɪt] N

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Raw materials used in the making of artifacts include chert, rhyolite, quartz, and chalcedony, as well as bone, wood and ostrich egg shells. en.wikipedia.org

There is a large mass of rhyolite located near the creek. en.wikipedia.org

In places its rhyolite composition intrudes older stratas. en.wikipedia.org

Both basalt and rhyolite lose water decreasing the pressure, basically when the magma rises to the surface. en.wikipedia.org

In other areas, there are deposits of rhyolite and pearlite. en.wikipedia.org

The building rests on a rhyolite rubble base and is of frame construction, covered with shingles. en.wikipedia.org

The alternating resistant rhyolite and easily eroded basalts produce a series of parallel sharp cuesta ridges separated by savanna plains. en.wikipedia.org

More fluid basaltic lava flows tend to form flat sheet-like bodies, whereas viscous rhyolite lava flows forms knobbly, blocky masses of rock. en.wikipedia.org

Simplifying, the solubility of water in rhyolite and basalt is function of pressure and depth below the surface in absence of other volatiles. en.wikipedia.org

It is a volcanic plug of hard alkali rhyolite that squeezed up into the vents of an ancient volcano 27 million years ago. en.wikipedia.org

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