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unusual facts about rhyolite



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Geology of Australia

Andesite and Rhyolite volcanoes were found in central NSW, the Snowy Mountains, Eden, New England and near Clermont, Queensland.

Geology of Fujian

The Zhejiang-Fujian-Guandong volcanic rocks are mostly rhyolite and dacite rich in potassium, from Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.

Geology of the Bryce Canyon area

Alkali-rich rhyolite erupted in the second interval from the 19 myo Mount Belknap caldera.

Goldwell

Goldwell Open Air Museum, outdoor sculpture park near the ghost town of Rhyolite in the U.S. state of Nevada.

Great Langdale

The fell has a small sharp summit below which rises Gimmer Crag, which is one of the top rock climbing venues in the Lake District, the crag is made of Rhyolite rock and was pioneered in the early 1880s by the father of British rock climbing Walter Parry Haskett Smith.

Spherulite

Megaspherulites as large as 0.91 meter occur within rhyolite exposures on Steens Mountain, Oregon and ones as large as 1.83 meters in diameter occur within welded tuffs exposed near Klondyke, Arizona.


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