aporhyolite

noun

ap·​o·​rhy·​o·​lite

¦apə¦rīəˌlīt

plural -s

: a rock consisting of a felsite whose structure shows it to have been originally vitreous like some rhyolites

Word History

Etymology

apo- + rhyolite

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