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... . Concretionary tuff . b . Spheroidal . L. Shaly tuff . Var . a . Flaggy . b . Slaty . M. Conglomeritic tuff . Var . a . Brecciated tuff . b . Plutonic agglomerate . Class III . - VOLCANIC ROCKS . Group I. - B 2 CLASSIFIED TABLE . 13.
... . Concretionary tuff . b . Spheroidal . L. Shaly tuff . Var . a . Flaggy . b . Slaty . M. Conglomeritic tuff . Var . a . Brecciated tuff . b . Plutonic agglomerate . Class III . - VOLCANIC ROCKS . Group I. - B 2 CLASSIFIED TABLE . 13.
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... Conglomeritic gneiss . J. Porphyritic gneiss . K. Granitoid gneiss . Group M. - SCHIST . Subgroup A. Argillyte . Var . a . Chiastolitic schist . b . Phyllitic schist . c . Carbonaceous schist . d . Alum schist . e . Spilyte . f ...
... Conglomeritic gneiss . J. Porphyritic gneiss . K. Granitoid gneiss . Group M. - SCHIST . Subgroup A. Argillyte . Var . a . Chiastolitic schist . b . Phyllitic schist . c . Carbonaceous schist . d . Alum schist . e . Spilyte . f ...
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... Conglomeritic . j . Nodular . k . Concretionary . 1. Spheroidal . m . Lenticular . n . Mudstone . o . Tutenic shale . Subvar . a . Roofing slate . b . Slab slate . c . Pencil slate . d . Novaculyte . e . Calcareous slate . f ...
... Conglomeritic . j . Nodular . k . Concretionary . 1. Spheroidal . m . Lenticular . n . Mudstone . o . Tutenic shale . Subvar . a . Roofing slate . b . Slab slate . c . Pencil slate . d . Novaculyte . e . Calcareous slate . f ...
Page 68
... conglomeritic or brecciated , when they often merge into Agglomerate . Varieties are , a . Hornblendic ; b . Pyroxenic ; c . Chloritic ; d . Calcareous ; e . Pyritous ; f . Cupriferous ; and g . Hematitic . - C. CALCAREOUS TUFF . - Tuff ...
... conglomeritic or brecciated , when they often merge into Agglomerate . Varieties are , a . Hornblendic ; b . Pyroxenic ; c . Chloritic ; d . Calcareous ; e . Pyritous ; f . Cupriferous ; and g . Hematitic . - C. CALCAREOUS TUFF . - Tuff ...
Page 75
... conglomeritic , or brecciated . The principal fragments and particles are of trachyte . Varieties are , -a ... CONGLOMERATE , with its varieties , a . Vol- canic Breccia , and b . Volcanic Agglomerate . Some of the mechanical ...
... conglomeritic , or brecciated . The principal fragments and particles are of trachyte . Varieties are , -a ... CONGLOMERATE , with its varieties , a . Vol- canic Breccia , and b . Volcanic Agglomerate . Some of the mechanical ...
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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