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Trachyte () is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar. It is usually light-colored and aphanitic (fine-grained), with minor amounts of mafic minerals, and is formed by the rapid cooling of lava (or shallow intrusions) enriched with silica and alkali metals. It is the volcanic equivalent of syenite.

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Rock.name
Trachyte
Rock.type
Igneous
Rock.image
Trachyt Herz Jesu Kirche Aachen.jpg
Rock.caption
A cut sample of trachyte, with phenocrysts of sanidine, in a wall in Germany
Rock.composition
Alkali feldspar
Rock.composition_secondary
Plagioclase, quartz, or feldspathoid
Rock.class
Felsic
Rock.texture
Aphanitic
Rock.Equivalent
Intrusive variant is syenite

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Mineraly.sk - trachyt.jpg
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Trachyte
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