A Handy-book of Rock Names, with Brief Descriptions of the Rocks |
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... ROCKS Order I. Ingenite Rocks ... Class 1. Granitic Rocks Class 2. Plutonic Rocks Page iii 1 ... ... 9 9 9 10 Class 3. Volcanic Rocks ... 14 Class 4. Transition or Metamorphic Sedimentary Rocks 15 Order II . Derivate Rocks Class 1.
... ROCKS Order I. Ingenite Rocks ... Class 1. Granitic Rocks Class 2. Plutonic Rocks Page iii 1 ... ... 9 9 9 10 Class 3. Volcanic Rocks ... 14 Class 4. Transition or Metamorphic Sedimentary Rocks 15 Order II . Derivate Rocks Class 1.
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... ROCKS . * con- The first Order ( INGENITE ROCKS ) can veniently be divided into four classes ; namely , I. GRANITIC , II . PLUTONIC , III . VOLCANIC , and IV . TRANSITION , or METAMORPHIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS . † These classes , however ...
... ROCKS . * con- The first Order ( INGENITE ROCKS ) can veniently be divided into four classes ; namely , I. GRANITIC , II . PLUTONIC , III . VOLCANIC , and IV . TRANSITION , or METAMORPHIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS . † These classes , however ...
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... rocks . There is also another somewhat similar link ; namely , the metamorphosed Plutonic rocks , as they merge into Granite . The rocks here called PLUTONIC rocks can be divided into two groups ; namely , FELSTONES , or highly siliceous ...
... rocks . There is also another somewhat similar link ; namely , the metamorphosed Plutonic rocks , as they merge into Granite . The rocks here called PLUTONIC rocks can be divided into two groups ; namely , FELSTONES , or highly siliceous ...
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... rocks appear capable of a division similar to the Plutonic rocks ; the highly siliceous or the TRACHYTES , and the basic , or the Augytes . In them are also hybrid rocks , for which Scrope has proposed the name of GREYSTONE , and Abich ...
... rocks appear capable of a division similar to the Plutonic rocks ; the highly siliceous or the TRACHYTES , and the basic , or the Augytes . In them are also hybrid rocks , for which Scrope has proposed the name of GREYSTONE , and Abich ...
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... PLUTONIC ROCKS . Group E. - FELSTONE , or FELSYTE . Subgroup A. Petrosilex . Var . a . Felstone glass . b . Ribaned petrosilex . B. Quartzitic felstone . Var . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic felstone . b . Micaceous . c . Hornblendic . d ...
... PLUTONIC ROCKS . Group E. - FELSTONE , or FELSYTE . Subgroup A. Petrosilex . Var . a . Felstone glass . b . Ribaned petrosilex . B. Quartzitic felstone . Var . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic felstone . b . Micaceous . c . Hornblendic . d ...
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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