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... Amygdaloidal euryte . i . Vesicular . j . Compact . k . Slab . 1. Cleaved . E. Compact felstone . F. Granular felstone . G. Friable felstone . H. Rubbly felstone . I. Cleaved felstone . J. Foliated felstone . K. Granulyte . L. Felstone ...
... Amygdaloidal euryte . i . Vesicular . j . Compact . k . Slab . 1. Cleaved . E. Compact felstone . F. Granular felstone . G. Friable felstone . H. Rubbly felstone . I. Cleaved felstone . J. Foliated felstone . K. Granulyte . L. Felstone ...
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... Amygdaloidal . f . Vesicular . g . Variolitic . Subgroup C. Pyroxenyte . D. Diabase . Var . a . Pyroxenic diabase . b . Uralitic . E. Gabbro . c . Labradoritic . d . Oligoclasic . e . Magnetic . f . Kersantyte . g . Calcareous diabase ...
... Amygdaloidal . f . Vesicular . g . Variolitic . Subgroup C. Pyroxenyte . D. Diabase . Var . a . Pyroxenic diabase . b . Uralitic . E. Gabbro . c . Labradoritic . d . Oligoclasic . e . Magnetic . f . Kersantyte . g . Calcareous diabase ...
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... Amygdaloidal basalt . i . Basalt lava . j . Variolitic basalt . B. Leucityte . Var . a . Compact leucityte . b . Leucitophyre . c . Amygdaloidal leucityte . d . Leucityte lava . Group K. - VOLCANIC TUFA AND PEPERINO ( Ingenite in part ...
... Amygdaloidal basalt . i . Basalt lava . j . Variolitic basalt . B. Leucityte . Var . a . Compact leucityte . b . Leucitophyre . c . Amygdaloidal leucityte . d . Leucityte lava . Group K. - VOLCANIC TUFA AND PEPERINO ( Ingenite in part ...
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... Amygdaloidal euryte ; i . Vesicular ; j . Compact ; k . Slab or flaggy euryte ; and l . Cleaved ; according to the structure that gives a character to the rock mass . The compact varieties have a conchoidal or sub- conchoidal fracture ...
... Amygdaloidal euryte ; i . Vesicular ; j . Compact ; k . Slab or flaggy euryte ; and l . Cleaved ; according to the structure that gives a character to the rock mass . The compact varieties have a conchoidal or sub- conchoidal fracture ...
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... Amygdaloidal ( Gr . amygdalon , an almond ) ; b . Vesicular . If the felsitic or felspathic matrix is full of cavi- ties , the rock is called vesicular , while , if it contains crystalline secretions filling the original cavities , it ...
... Amygdaloidal ( Gr . amygdalon , an almond ) ; b . Vesicular . If the felsitic or felspathic matrix is full of cavi- ties , the rock is called vesicular , while , if it contains crystalline secretions filling the original cavities , it ...
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A Handy Book of Rock Names: With Brief Descriptions of the Rocks (1873) G. Henry Kinahan No preview available - 2008 |
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aggregate of quartz amphibole Amygdaloidal appear Arenaceous Argillous Augyte basic beds Bituminous Breccia Calcareous called Carbonaceous Chloritic classed clay coal colour compact Concretionary conglomerate Conglomeritic constituents containing Cotta crystalline crystals Cupriferous deposited Derivate rocks Diabase Dioryte Dolomitic drift dykes earth elvanyte Euryte felsitic felspar felspathic felstone Ferruginous Fibrous fissile foliation formed gneiss Gneissoid gneissyte granite granitoid granityte granular grit Group Hematitic Hornblendic igneous rocks ingenite rocks intrusive granite Ireland Jukes labradorite lamination latter layers less Lignyte limestone marcasite marl mass matrix metamorphic metamorphosed mica Micaceous minerals Nodular occur oligoclase oligoclase granite Ophyte orthoclase passage-rock Plutonic rocks Porphyritic Protogene pyrite pyroxene quartz Quartzose quartzyte reddish Ribaned ripidolite sand sandstone schist schistose sedimentary rocks shale siliceous slate slaty sometimes Spheroidal Steatyte Structural Varieties Subgroup Subvar Subvarieties surface Syenyte talc Talcose texture Trachyte tuff Tuffose turf usually Varieties in Composition veins of segregation Vesicular Volcanic weather Whinstone