feldspathic in a sentence
Examples
- The concave bottom of caldera, about 5 km in diameter, consists of carbonatite, agglomerate, tuff, feldspathic rocks ( fenites ) and basic dykes.
- Less common types of chondrules may be dominantly composed of feldspathic material ( again either glassy or crystalline ), silica, or metallic Fe-Ni and sulfides.
- Some varieties include " feldspathic greywacke ", which is rich in feldspar, and " lithic greywacke ", which is rich in tiny rock fragments.
- Six sandstone names are possible using the descriptors for grain composition ( quartz-, feldspathic-, and lithic-) and the amount of matrix ( wacke or arenite ).
- It is predominantly composed of mature, poorly cemented quartz sandstone, though several distinct facies have been identified on the basis of grain size, feldspathic content, and sedimentary structures.
- The Goudini formation is more feldspathic and finer grained than the Skurweberg Formation, which is characterised by fairly thick bedded medium to coarse grained, light grey, slightly feldspathic quartzose sandstone.
- The Goudini formation is more feldspathic and finer grained than the Skurweberg Formation, which is characterised by fairly thick bedded medium to coarse grained, light grey, slightly feldspathic quartzose sandstone.
- Formed during the Jurassic Period, the Yarragadee Formation is composed primarily of non-marine fluviatile feldspathic, poorly sorted sandstones which are porous and poorly cemented, hence allowing for considerable groundwater reserves.
- The results showed the minerals came from an acidic, high saline hydrothermal solution at temperatures of 140�C . The interaction of hydrothermal fluids with feldspathic rocks precipitated the ore minerals ( Nickel 2002 ).
- Olivine-rich chondrules may contain parallel plates of that mineral, surrounded by a continuous shell of olivine and containing feldspathic glass between the plates; these are known as " barred " textures.