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What does siliceous mean?

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Adjective
  1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica or silicates.
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The slate, where thermally metamorphosed, has been turned into siliceous hornfels and mica schist.
The pool has a narrow rim of subfossil siliceous sinter that rises up to 50 cm above water level.
The lower series consists of alternating basalt lava, tuff breccia, tufite, and siliceous rock, whereas the upper one is dominated by diabase.
According to Aghabawa, the rhyolites were extruded as siliceous lava, which solidified as glass and was subsequently devitrified.
Precious metals are commonly precipitated with the siliceous sinters that form around hot springs and geysers.
The spring pool has a rim of grey siliceous sinter up to 2 m wide and 0.5m high.

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