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Page 19
... f . Cupriferous . g . Pyritous . h . Tuffose . i . Pebbly . j . Cleaved . k . Oblique . 1. Concretionary . m . Spheroidal . n . Nodular . o . Lenticular . p . Friable . Var . e . Flagstone . Subvar . a . CLASSIFIED TABLE . 19.
... f . Cupriferous . g . Pyritous . h . Tuffose . i . Pebbly . j . Cleaved . k . Oblique . 1. Concretionary . m . Spheroidal . n . Nodular . o . Lenticular . p . Friable . Var . e . Flagstone . Subvar . a . CLASSIFIED TABLE . 19.
Page 21
... Tuffose . i . Ribaned . j . Conglomeritic . Group B. - ROCKS FOR THE MOST PART CHEMICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Halyte . Var . a . Granular . b . Sparry . c . Fibrous . B. Gypsum . Var . a . Alabaster . b . Granular gypsum . c . Compact ...
... Tuffose . i . Ribaned . j . Conglomeritic . Group B. - ROCKS FOR THE MOST PART CHEMICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Halyte . Var . a . Granular . b . Sparry . c . Fibrous . B. Gypsum . Var . a . Alabaster . b . Granular gypsum . c . Compact ...
Page 24
... Tuffose . o . Dolomitic sand . D. Marine drift . ( See Class II . , Subgroup B , Var . c . ) Class II . - SUBAERIAL ROCKS . Group D. - MECHANICALLY , CHEMICALLY , OR ORGANICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Coal . Var . a . Peat . Subvar . a ...
... Tuffose . o . Dolomitic sand . D. Marine drift . ( See Class II . , Subgroup B , Var . c . ) Class II . - SUBAERIAL ROCKS . Group D. - MECHANICALLY , CHEMICALLY , OR ORGANICALLY FORMED . Subgroup A. Coal . Var . a . Peat . Subvar . a ...
Page 66
... tuffose sandstones or tuffose shales , whose 66 origin is mainly due to the abrasion and disinte- 66 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
... tuffose sandstones or tuffose shales , whose 66 origin is mainly due to the abrasion and disinte- 66 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
Page 77
... tuffose shale and slate , through hornblende schist , chlorite schist , or tale schist into basic gneiss ; argillaceous shale and slate , through argillyte into mica - schist or chloritic mica - schist , and from that into gneiss ...
... tuffose shale and slate , through hornblende schist , chlorite schist , or tale schist into basic gneiss ; argillaceous shale and slate , through argillyte into mica - schist or chloritic mica - schist , and from that into gneiss ...
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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