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Page 63
... OPHYTE , or OPHITE ; SERPENTINE . - A compact rock , dull in fracture , with an unctuous feel . Colour dark green to blackish or brownish , reddish or variegated . Dana divides massive serpentine into Precious and Common Ophyte . The ...
... OPHYTE , or OPHITE ; SERPENTINE . - A compact rock , dull in fracture , with an unctuous feel . Colour dark green to blackish or brownish , reddish or variegated . Dana divides massive serpentine into Precious and Common Ophyte . The ...
Page 64
... ophyte . B. STEATYTE , Soap - stone . - An unctuous , soft , fissile , but , at the same time , tough rock , of a light greenish , greyish , or bluish colour . " Ophyte and steatyte often occur together in intrusive masses or dykes ...
... ophyte . B. STEATYTE , Soap - stone . - An unctuous , soft , fissile , but , at the same time , tough rock , of a light greenish , greyish , or bluish colour . " Ophyte and steatyte often occur together in intrusive masses or dykes ...
Page 66
... Ophyte weathers into an impure meerschaum . Dana points out that sepiolyte , in Asia Minor , occurs “ in masses in stratified earthy or alluvial deposits ; " and Cotta states it " forms separate beds , which are the result of a process ...
... Ophyte weathers into an impure meerschaum . Dana points out that sepiolyte , in Asia Minor , occurs “ in masses in stratified earthy or alluvial deposits ; " and Cotta states it " forms separate beds , which are the result of a process ...
Page 91
... ophytes . It should be borne in mind , that the ophytes and steatytes now to be described are pseudomorph sedimentary rocks , while those previously mentioned ( see page 63 ) were pseudo- morph igneous rocks . B. OPHYTE [ Gr . ophis , a ...
... ophytes . It should be borne in mind , that the ophytes and steatytes now to be described are pseudomorph sedimentary rocks , while those previously mentioned ( see page 63 ) were pseudo- morph igneous rocks . B. OPHYTE [ Gr . ophis , a ...
Page 92
... Ophyte Schist . The ophytes have been classed by Hunt : 1st , Dolomitic , 2nd , Magnesitic , or 3rd , Calcitic , ac- cording to whichever mineral gives a character to the rock - mass . To these may be added the schis- tose varieties ...
... Ophyte Schist . The ophytes have been classed by Hunt : 1st , Dolomitic , 2nd , Magnesitic , or 3rd , Calcitic , ac- cording to whichever mineral gives a character to the rock - mass . To these may be added the schis- tose varieties ...
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aggregate amphibole Arenaceous Argillous Argillyte Augyte beds bituminous Breccia Calcareous Carbonaceous Chloritic Class clay cloth coal colour compact Concretionary Conglomeritic contains Cotta Crown 8vo crystalline crystals deposited Derivate rocks Dioryte Dolomyte drift dykes elvanyte Euryte F.R.S. Illustrated Fcap felsitic felspar felspathic Ferruginous fissile foliation formed geological gneiss Gneissoid Gneissyte granite granitoid granular Grass grit Group Hematitic highly siliceous Hornblendic igneous rocks ingenite rocks Ireland Jukes labradorite Lankester less Lignyte limestone marcasite marl mass matrix metamorphic metamorphosed mica mica-schist Micaceous Microscopic minerals Nodular occur oligoclase oligoclase granite Ophyte orthoclase plates Plutonic rocks Popular Science Review Porphyritic Prof pyrite pyroxene quartz Quartzose R. A. Proctor Ribaned ripidolite ROCK NAMES sand sandstone schist schistose Sedges sedimentary rocks Shale siliceous slate slaty Sowerby's English Botany spheroidal Steatyte Structural Varieties Subgroup Subvar subvarieties Syenyte Trachyte Tufa tuff Tuffose Turf usually Varieties in Composition veins Vesicular Volcanic Whinstone
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