Rhyolite Photos
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Rhyolite Photos
Rhyolite
last edited:
3/3/11
number of photos: 30
Rhyolite is a pastel-colored, high silica,
fine-grained (aphanitic) volcanic
rock.
resurgent caldera and welded tuff lecture
photos
rhyolite, cut surface:
1
rhyolite, light gray:
1
2
3
rhyolite, tan:
1
rhyolite with flow banding:
1
2
3
4
5
rhyolite with lithophysae:
1
2
3
4
5
rhyolite with gas vesicles:
1
2
rhyolite from Chaffee County, Colorado:
1
rhyolite from Castle Rock, Colorado:
1
Apache Leap rhyolite, central Arizona:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
silicified rhyolite:
1
2
volcanic ash:
1
2
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Just
credit photos to R.Weller/Cochise College.
copyright 2011-R.Weller