Felsite, a fine-grained, compact, or cryptocrystalline rock composed essentially of 'felsite matter,' which appears to be an intimate admixture of orthoclase and quartz. This rock is now recognised as only a variety of quartz-porphyry.
Felsite
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 575
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