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... Concretionary tuff . b . Spheroidal . L. Shaly tuff . Var . a . Flaggy . b . Slaty . M. Conglomeritic tuff . Var . a . Brecciated tuff . b . Plutonic agglomerate . Class III . - VOLCANIC ROCKS . Group I. - B 2 CLASSIFIED TABLE . 13.
... Concretionary tuff . b . Spheroidal . L. Shaly tuff . Var . a . Flaggy . b . Slaty . M. Conglomeritic tuff . Var . a . Brecciated tuff . b . Plutonic agglomerate . Class III . - VOLCANIC ROCKS . Group I. - B 2 CLASSIFIED TABLE . 13.
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... Slaty culm . Var . a . Compact limestone . b . Crystalline limestone . c . Marble . d . Oolyte . Subvar . a . Pisolyte . b . Dolomitic oolyte . e . Chalk . Subvar . a . Indurated chalk . b . Chalk rock . c . Pisolitic chalk . d ...
... Slaty culm . Var . a . Compact limestone . b . Crystalline limestone . c . Marble . d . Oolyte . Subvar . a . Pisolyte . b . Dolomitic oolyte . e . Chalk . Subvar . a . Indurated chalk . b . Chalk rock . c . Pisolitic chalk . d ...
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... systems of joint - lines , that the rock breaks up into rubble or angular shingle , and is incapable of being quarried in large pieces . I. CLEAVED or SLATY FELSTONE . - With cleavage- planes 50 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
... systems of joint - lines , that the rock breaks up into rubble or angular shingle , and is incapable of being quarried in large pieces . I. CLEAVED or SLATY FELSTONE . - With cleavage- planes 50 HANDY - BOOK OF ROCK NAMES .
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George Henry Kinahan. I. CLEAVED or SLATY FELSTONE . - With cleavage- planes , sometimes so distinct that the rock splits into slates , but rarely into " Roofing slate . " J. FOLIATED or SCHISTOID FELSTONE ; SCHISTOSE FELSTONE . - A ...
George Henry Kinahan. I. CLEAVED or SLATY FELSTONE . - With cleavage- planes , sometimes so distinct that the rock splits into slates , but rarely into " Roofing slate . " J. FOLIATED or SCHISTOID FELSTONE ; SCHISTOSE FELSTONE . - A ...
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... Slaty or shaly tuff Phyllitic schist Hornblendic schist .. Talcose schist { Hornblendic gneiss . Felsitic schist Talc - schist . Mealy or friable fel- stone Felstone ( Schistoid felstone Granular felstone Euryte Schistoid euryte ...
... Slaty or shaly tuff Phyllitic schist Hornblendic schist .. Talcose schist { Hornblendic gneiss . Felsitic schist Talc - schist . Mealy or friable fel- stone Felstone ( Schistoid felstone Granular felstone Euryte Schistoid euryte ...
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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