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  2. Rhyolite - Wikipedia

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    Rhyolite was mined there starting 11,500 years ago. [32] Tons of rhyolite were traded across the Delmarva Peninsula, [32] because the rhyolite kept a sharp point when knapped and was used to make spear points and arrowheads. [33] Obsidian is usually of rhyolitic composition, and it has been used for tools since prehistoric times. [34]

  3. Rhyolite, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Orion Pictures used Rhyolite for its 1988 science-fiction movie Cherry 2000 depicting the collapse of American society. [50] Six-String Samurai (1998) was another movie using Rhyolite as a setting. [48] The Rhyolite-Bullfrog cemetery, with many wooden headboards, is slightly south of Rhyolite. [51] A caboose formerly used as a gas station

  4. Poway Group - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Ballena River brought rhyolite-gravel, or "Poway" clasts, from a region in present-day Sonora, Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. Its sediments deposited into an alluvial fan –submarine canyon–submarine fan complex extending for miles offshore.

  5. Once Popular Tourist Hotspots That Are Now Totally Abandoned

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    Rhyolite, Nevada: Before. One of Nevada's largest ghost towns, Rhyolite was once the third-largest city in the state. Formed during the Gold Rush in 1904, it grew to be a bustling town of more ...

  6. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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    Rhyodacite – Volcanic rock rich in silica and low in alkali metal oxides – A felsic volcanic rock which is intermediate between a rhyolite and a dacite; Rhyolite – Igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic (silica-rich) composition Comendite – Hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite

  7. Volcanic rock - Wikipedia

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    Rhyolite is a volcanic rock with high silica content. Rhyolite has silica content similar to that of granite while basalt is compositionally equal to gabbro. Intermediate volcanic rocks include andesite, dacite, trachyte, and latite. [citation needed] Pyroclastic rocks are the product of explosive volcanism. They are often felsic (high in silica).

  8. TikTokers are freaking out over this abandoned town full of ...

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    TikTok users are freaking out over the “Rhyolite ghost town statues”. The strange, ghostlike figures located in the abandoned town of Rhyolite, Nevada, are sparking plenty of curiosity on the app.

  9. Beyer's Byways: The ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada, is worth ...

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    The abandoned mining town is 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park.