n. A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.
n. Any light-colored volcanic rock whose true mineralogy is not yet determined.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A compact, very hard rock, almost flinty in texture. made up of quartz and orthoclase feldspar intimately mixed.
Word Usage
"The reason I wanted to see this beach is because the book said that if, conditions were right, the sound of the waves hitting this unique shoreline of flat, shingle-like “pink rhyolite and felsite bedrock” makes a tinkling, bell-like sound."