Trachyte
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Igneous rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Grey, Pink
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- Building
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- The name trachyte comes from the Greek trachys, rough, because the rock feels rough to the touch.
- Trachyte from the Drachenfels hill near Bonn was used to build Cologne Cathedral.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q332748 · All stones · All entries