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... Granitoid , granite - like ; ous means a constituent that gives a character to the rock , as Pyritous granite , granite containing pyrite ; while the ter- mination ic points to quantity , as felsitic , contain- ing a quantity of felsite ...
... Granitoid , granite - like ; ous means a constituent that gives a character to the rock , as Pyritous granite , granite containing pyrite ; while the ter- mination ic points to quantity , as felsitic , contain- ing a quantity of felsite ...
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... Granitoid elvanyte . K. Pyromeride . Class II . - PLUTONIC ROCKS . Group E. - FELSTONE , or FELSYTE . Subgroup A. Petrosilex . Var . a . Felstone glass . b . Ribaned petrosilex . B. Quartzitic felstone . Var . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic ...
... Granitoid elvanyte . K. Pyromeride . Class II . - PLUTONIC ROCKS . Group E. - FELSTONE , or FELSYTE . Subgroup A. Petrosilex . Var . a . Felstone glass . b . Ribaned petrosilex . B. Quartzitic felstone . Var . a . Oligoclasic quartzitic ...
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... Granitoid gneiss . Group M. - SCHIST . Subgroup A. Argillyte . Var . a . Chiastolitic schist . b . Phyllitic schist . c . Carbonaceous schist . d . Alum schist . e . Spilyte . f . Dolomitic schist . g . Folded argillyte . h . Contorted ...
... Granitoid gneiss . Group M. - SCHIST . Subgroup A. Argillyte . Var . a . Chiastolitic schist . b . Phyllitic schist . c . Carbonaceous schist . d . Alum schist . e . Spilyte . f . Dolomitic schist . g . Folded argillyte . h . Contorted ...
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... granitoid , in accordance with the intensity of the metamorphism that has acted on them and the associated sedimentary rocks . C. Protogene [ Gr . protogenes , first formed ; the rock , when first discovered , being supposed to be the ...
... granitoid , in accordance with the intensity of the metamorphism that has acted on them and the associated sedimentary rocks . C. Protogene [ Gr . protogenes , first formed ; the rock , when first discovered , being supposed to be the ...
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... GRANITOID ELVANYTE . - For the most part an aggregate of quartz and felspar , with mica , or ripidolite , or amphibole . Part of the matrix appears as a sort of paste , while some of the quartz occurs in globules , blebs , or irregular ...
... GRANITOID ELVANYTE . - For the most part an aggregate of quartz and felspar , with mica , or ripidolite , or amphibole . Part of the matrix appears as a sort of paste , while some of the quartz occurs in globules , blebs , or irregular ...
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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