A Handy-book of Rock Names, with Brief Descriptions of the Rocks |
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... vesicular , hyaline , & c . & c . Rocks may be chemically , mechanically , or organically formed , or two or more of these com- bined ; they may be stratified or unstratified , igneous or aqueous , or partaking of the nature of both ...
... vesicular , hyaline , & c . & c . Rocks may be chemically , mechanically , or organically formed , or two or more of these com- bined ; they may be stratified or unstratified , igneous or aqueous , or partaking of the nature of both ...
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... 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 porphyry . Var . a ...
... 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 porphyry . Var . a ...
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... 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 . h . Porphyritic ...
... 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 . h . Porphyritic ...
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... vesicular and non - vesicular portions of the cooling rock . The spheroidal or concretionary arrangement seems always to occur near the end of a dyke , and may be due to the cooling when the rock was in its last stage of mo- tion ...
... vesicular and non - vesicular portions of the cooling rock . The spheroidal or concretionary arrangement seems always to occur near the end of a dyke , and may be due to the cooling when the rock was in its last stage of mo- tion ...
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... vesicular or amyg- daloidal . Varieties in Composition . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic felstone ; b . Micaceous ; c . Hornblendic ; d . Chloritic , or Ripidolitic ; e . Pýritous , according to whichever mineral gives a character to the ...
... vesicular or amyg- daloidal . Varieties in Composition . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic felstone ; b . Micaceous ; c . Hornblendic ; d . Chloritic , or Ripidolitic ; e . Pýritous , according to whichever mineral gives a character to the ...
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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