adjective
Relating to or containing a group of light-colored silicate minerals that occur in igneous rocks, including minerals of the feldspathoid group and the minerals quartz, feldspar, and muscovite.
Origin of felsic
fel(dspar) s(ilica) -icfelsic
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Relating to an igneous rock that contains a group of light-colored silicate minerals, including feldspar, feldspathoid, quartz, and muscovite.
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Adjective
(comparative more felsic, superlative most felsic)
- (mineralogy) Enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium.
Noun
(plural felsics)
- A rock with such properties.
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