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felsics

felsics is the plural of felsic.

Meaning of felsic

Noun

felsic (plural felsics)

  1. A rock with such properties.
    • The central part of this nepheline syenite is very white felsics with black mafics in it. The entire area contains many nepheline-bearing dike rocks, but almost all are gray or pink or even red due to the color in the felsics.1953, R. C. Emmons, “Petrogeny of the Syenites and Nepheline Syenites of Central Wisconsin”, in R. C. Emmons, editor, Selected Petrogenic Relationships of Plagioclase, Geological Society of America...

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Questions about felsics

What is felsics the plural of?
Felsics is the plural of felsic.

Words near felsics in the dictionary

  1. felquiste
  2. felquistes
  3. felsenmeer
  4. felsenmeers
  5. felsic
  6. felsics
  7. felsification
  8. felsifications
  9. felsite
  10. felsites
  11. felsitic

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