Crossword-Solution: LIPARITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Liparite | n. | A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LIPARITE | anagram | REPTILIA |
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| type of igneous rock | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with LIPARITE (5)
They occur amongst the volcanic rocks of the British Isles, Hungary, and the Lipari Islands, from which the name _Liparite_ has been derived.
LIPARITES AND TUFAS In the region about Acton are many hills of liparite (quartz-bearing trachyte) and tufa, which are identical with the rhyolites of the Calico region—the same violet-brown, porphyritic liparite; the same pea-green and buff-colored tufas; the same conglomerate; in fact, an exact facsimile of the Calico range.
There are no great beds of sedimentary rock, however, and these liparite hills are comparatively small, isolated masses.
Not only have these more recent accumulations been removed, but a large amount of the hard, dense liparite has also been disintegrated and carried away by the violent storms which are characteristic of the desert.
That all of these ore deposits have a common genesis I do not doubt, whether they occur in the liparite, in the tufa, or in the “mud” overhanging country rock, as is the case at the Bismarck, Humbug, Waterloo, and some other mines.