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... granite . Var . a . Titanitic granite . b . Chloritic granite . c . Talcose granite . d . Epidotic granite . B. Graphitic granite . C. Hematitic granite . D. Pyritous oligoclase granite . E. Porphyritic oligoclase granite . F. Gneissoid ...
... granite . Var . a . Titanitic granite . b . Chloritic granite . c . Talcose granite . d . Epidotic granite . B. Graphitic granite . C. Hematitic granite . D. Pyritous oligoclase granite . E. Porphyritic oligoclase granite . F. Gneissoid ...
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George Henry Kinahan. Var . a . Nodular granite . b . Lenticular granite . Subgroup G. Intrusive oligoclase granite . H. Granitic felstone . Group C. - PROTOGENE . Group D. - ELVANYTE , or QUARTZ PORPHYRY . Subgroup 4. Felsitic and ...
George Henry Kinahan. Var . a . Nodular granite . b . Lenticular granite . Subgroup G. Intrusive oligoclase granite . H. Granitic felstone . Group C. - PROTOGENE . Group D. - ELVANYTE , or QUARTZ PORPHYRY . Subgroup 4. Felsitic and ...
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... rocks have changed into granite some- what similar to the Intrusive Granite ( A ) . B. Granite for the most part non - intrusive ; Basic or Oligoclase Granite ; Scandinavian Granite [ in part metamorphic ] .- Usually a crystalline ...
... rocks have changed into granite some- what similar to the Intrusive Granite ( A ) . B. Granite for the most part non - intrusive ; Basic or Oligoclase Granite ; Scandinavian Granite [ in part metamorphic ] .- Usually a crystalline ...
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George Henry Kinahan. Varieties in Composition . A. HORNBLENDIC GRANITE . -An oligoclase granite , in which amphibole is a constituent . a . Titanitic Granite ; Furbogh Granite . b . Chloritic or Ripidolitic Granite . c . Talcose Granite ...
George Henry Kinahan. Varieties in Composition . A. HORNBLENDIC GRANITE . -An oligoclase granite , in which amphibole is a constituent . a . Titanitic Granite ; Furbogh Granite . b . Chloritic or Ripidolitic Granite . c . Talcose Granite ...
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... oligoclase . It is the typical granite of county Galway , Ireland . F. GNEISSOID GRANITE ; FOLIATED GRANITE ; Gneissic Granite ( Cotta ) .- An oligoclase granite , in which there is more or less distinct foliation . Sometimes one of the ...
... oligoclase . It is the typical granite of county Galway , Ireland . F. GNEISSOID GRANITE ; FOLIATED GRANITE ; Gneissic Granite ( Cotta ) .- An oligoclase granite , in which there is more or less distinct foliation . Sometimes one of the ...
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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