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... Sandstone and grit . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Felspathic . d . Micaceous . e . Hematitic . f . Cupriferous . g . Pyritous . h . Tuffose . i . Pebbly . j . Cleaved . k . Oblique . 1. Concretionary . m . Spheroidal ...
... Sandstone and grit . Subvar . a . Calcareous . b . Argillous . c . Felspathic . d . Micaceous . e . Hematitic . f . Cupriferous . g . Pyritous . h . Tuffose . i . Pebbly . j . Cleaved . k . Oblique . 1. Concretionary . m . Spheroidal ...
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... Sandstone Micacized sandstone ... Schist Gneiss . Quartzose sandstone Quartzite Mica - schist Gneiss . Shale Mica - schist Slate Chloritic schist Slaty or shaly tuff Phyllitic schist Hornblendic schist .. Talcose schist { Hornblendic ...
... Sandstone Micacized sandstone ... Schist Gneiss . Quartzose sandstone Quartzite Mica - schist Gneiss . Shale Mica - schist Slate Chloritic schist Slaty or shaly tuff Phyllitic schist Hornblendic schist .. Talcose schist { Hornblendic ...
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... in water . In practice , how- ever , this distinction cannot always be followed , as many tuffose sandstones or tuffose shales , whose 66 origin is mainly due to the abrasion and disinte- 66 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
... in water . In practice , how- ever , this distinction cannot always be followed , as many tuffose sandstones or tuffose shales , whose 66 origin is mainly due to the abrasion and disinte- 66 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
Page 76
... degree of change ; however there are exceptions , as some rocks are more susceptible of change than others , on account of their mineral constituents . Thus some sandstones , or even shales that contain the 76 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
... degree of change ; however there are exceptions , as some rocks are more susceptible of change than others , on account of their mineral constituents . Thus some sandstones , or even shales that contain the 76 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
Page 77
... sandstones , changing into mica - schist and gneiss . This gneiss , however , was not typical ; that is , the quartz , mica , and felspar were not arranged in leaves ; nevertheless the rocks contained these three ingredients , and had ...
... sandstones , changing into mica - schist and gneiss . This gneiss , however , was not typical ; that is , the quartz , mica , and felspar were not arranged in leaves ; nevertheless the rocks contained these three ingredients , and had ...
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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