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George Henry Kinahan. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF MICHAEL REESE RTH ENCES RARY CALIFORNIENDS SIGILLVM UNIVERSITATIS IL FIAT EX LIBRIS EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY H. L NCE ARY OF ROCK NAMES . WITH BRIEF. BERKELEY.
George Henry Kinahan. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GIFT OF MICHAEL REESE RTH ENCES RARY CALIFORNIENDS SIGILLVM UNIVERSITATIS IL FIAT EX LIBRIS EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY H. L NCE ARY OF ROCK NAMES . WITH BRIEF. BERKELEY.
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... , IRELAND ; OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ; ETC. ETC.祭 REESE LIBRARY OF TAL UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA 35 LONDON : {ク GEES EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY 36873 не M. N.. ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY . 1873 . A HANDY - BOOK.
... , IRELAND ; OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ; ETC. ETC.祭 REESE LIBRARY OF TAL UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA 35 LONDON : {ク GEES EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY 36873 не M. N.. ROBERT HARDWICKE , 192 , PICCADILLY . 1873 . A HANDY - BOOK.
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George Henry Kinahan. {ク GEES EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY 36873 не M. N. W. PREFACE . A WANT expressed by many.
George Henry Kinahan. {ク GEES EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY 36873 не M. N. W. PREFACE . A WANT expressed by many.
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... earth . Thus loose sand , clay , peat , and even vegetable mould , geologically speaking , are rocks . Jukes thus defines a rock : " A mass of mineral matter consisting of many individual particles , either of one species of mineral ...
... earth . Thus loose sand , clay , peat , and even vegetable mould , geologically speaking , are rocks . Jukes thus defines a rock : " A mass of mineral matter consisting of many individual particles , either of one species of mineral ...
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... earth . Thus all granites , whether truly igneous or metamorphic , * are included . The Derivate order consists chiefly of sedimentary rocks , but it will include some , such as DOLOMYTE , HALYTE , & c . , which some authorities refuse ...
... earth . Thus all granites , whether truly igneous or metamorphic , * are included . The Derivate order consists chiefly of sedimentary rocks , but it will include some , such as DOLOMYTE , HALYTE , & c . , which some authorities refuse ...
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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