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... Schistose limestone . Var . a . Cipollino . b . Calciphyre . c . Hemitrene . d . Felsitic limestone . e . Statuary marble . f . Granular schistose limestone . Group P. - PSEUDOMORPH CALCAREOUS ROCKS . Subgroup A. Schistose dolomyte ...
... Schistose limestone . Var . a . Cipollino . b . Calciphyre . c . Hemitrene . d . Felsitic limestone . e . Statuary marble . f . Granular schistose limestone . Group P. - PSEUDOMORPH CALCAREOUS ROCKS . Subgroup A. Schistose dolomyte ...
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... SCHISTOSE FELSTONE . - A fissile felspathic rock , composed of leaves of felspar , with mica or amphibole , or ripidolite ; sometimes with a little quartz . NOTE . - Rocks very similar both in aspect and in composi- tion are found among ...
... SCHISTOSE FELSTONE . - A fissile felspathic rock , composed of leaves of felspar , with mica or amphibole , or ripidolite ; sometimes with a little quartz . NOTE . - Rocks very similar both in aspect and in composi- tion are found among ...
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... schistose , or nodular , or concretionary . Some of the schistose portions of this kind of rock , from Iarconnaught , Ireland , have been proved by Forbes to be derivate rocks ; consequently such portions must be meta- morphosed tuff ...
... schistose , or nodular , or concretionary . Some of the schistose portions of this kind of rock , from Iarconnaught , Ireland , have been proved by Forbes to be derivate rocks ; consequently such portions must be meta- morphosed tuff ...
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... schistose limestone and schistose dolomyte . Structural Varieties . g . Folded or frilled Argillyte , INGENITE ROCKS . 81.
... schistose limestone and schistose dolomyte . Structural Varieties . g . Folded or frilled Argillyte , INGENITE ROCKS . 81.
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... . a . Itacolumyte ( Eschwege ) , Pedra elastica ( Anchi- eta ) , Micaceous Quartzyte.- " A fine - grained and at the same time schistose compound of quartz with some mica , talc , or chlorite . 82 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
... . a . Itacolumyte ( Eschwege ) , Pedra elastica ( Anchi- eta ) , Micaceous Quartzyte.- " A fine - grained and at the same time schistose compound of quartz with some mica , talc , or chlorite . 82 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
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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