Meaning

2 senses
  1. Felsite

  2. A fine-grained, silica-rich rock composed of quartz and sometimes other minerals, similar to the chemical structure of hornstone but having a different texture.

Origin

From petro- + silex.

From petro- + silex.

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Forms

plural: petrosilexes
Singularpetrosilex
Pluralpetrosilexes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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