They were also asked to identify potential methods for industry to demonstrate progress in achieving the â2020 Ambitionâ. 1  CLOSING THE PERFORMANCE GAP: THE 2020 AMBITION. 2  From 2020, be able to demonstrate that at least 90% of all new homes meet or perform better than the designed energy / carbon performance.
The word Prasiolite comes from the Greek words meaning Leek Stone. It is also known as Green Quartz or (incorrectly) called lime citrine. Less common names for the mineral are Vermarine and Amagreen.
Being high in silica, rhyolite is a stiff lava that tends to have a banded appearance. Indeed, rhyolite means flow stone in scientific Greek. Rhyolite is typically found in continental settings where magmas have incorporated granitic rocks from the crust as they rise from the mantle.It tends to make lava domes when it erupts. See other examples of rhyolite in the gallery of volcanic rocks.he presence of phenocrysts means that rhyolite has a porphyritic texture. This rhyolite specimen, from the Sutter Buttes of northern California, has visible phenocrysts of quartz.