Definition of Tachylites. Meaning of Tachylites. Synonyms of Tachylites

- m****es. The word originates from the Ancient Gr**** ταχύς, meaning "swift". Tachylites have the appearance of pitch and are often more or less vesicular and...
- further illustrated by the two forms of basaltic gl****, tachylite and sideromelane. Tachylite is opaque to transmitted light because of the abundance...
- palagonite tuff, for which it is characteristic. It is a less common form of tachylite, with which it usually occurs together; however it lacks the iron oxide...
- volcanic ash Hyaloclastite – Volcaniclastic ac****ulation or breccia and tachylite – volcanic gl****es with basaltic composition Knapping – Shaping of conchoidal...
- Tachylite is an unusual and relatively rare stone used in making flaked stone tools, and which is found in Aboriginal archaeological sites in Victoria...
- often exhibit fine-grained to aphanitic chilled margins which may contain tachylite (dark mafic gl****). Diabase is the preferred name in North America, while...
- kalsititic rocks Taconite – Variety of iron-bearing sedimentary rock Tachylite – Form of basaltic volcanic gl**** Teschenite – Type of igneous rock –...
- phenocrysts had started to form prior to eruption. Obsidian Poikilitic texture Tachylite Best, Myron G. (2002). Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Blackwell Publishing...
- because of their rich hunting grounds but because from their area came tachylite, a hard gl****y volcanic stone valued for weapons and tools Early Europeans...
- variety of pyroclasts from irregular sideromelane droplets to blocky tachylite (black to dark brown microcrystalline pyroclasts). In contrast, most high-silica...