or tach′y·lite·
a kind of dark-colored, basaltic volcanic glass
Origin of tachylyte
German tachylit from Classical Greek tachys, swift (see tachy-) + lytos, soluble from lyein, to dissolve (see lysis): from its rapid decomposition in acidstachylyte
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tachylyte
also tach·y·lite
noun
A brown, black, or green volcanic glass formed from basaltic magma and often found along the edges of dikes, sills or volcanic flows, where rock usually forms first by contact with the cooler surrounding rock.
Origin of tachylyte
German Tachylyt Greek takhu- tachy- Greek lutos soluble ( from lūein to loosen ; see leu- in Indo-European roots.)Related Forms:
- tach′y·lyt′ic
adjective
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