Greisen, a rock composed essentially of quartz and mica, but which almost invariably contains topaz. It is met with in regions where tin ores abound, and is believed to be a granite which has been metamorphosed in connection with exhalations of fluoric acid.
Greisen
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 416
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