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A usually light-colored volcanic rock consisting of potash feldspar generally with more or less biotite, amphibole, or pyroxene, commonly exhibiting a subparallel texture, and being the effusive form of syenite.

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  • It appears to be a decomposed trachyte, in which the feldspar has been affected, but not the mica.
  • Jasper abounds in the trachyte and dolomite, and large blocks, of beautiful variety, are found in some districts.
  • About 55 statues are made of other stone – red scoria, basalt, or trachyte – and are smaller than the average size of 5 m.
  • He decided that the mass of trachyte forming the Puy-de-Dôme was simply granite which had been softened and pushed up as a protuberance.
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