Rocks Classified and Described: A Treatise on LithologyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 425 páginas |
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... Structure STRATIFICATION OF ROCKS SHAPE AND BEDDING OF ROCK MASSES . CHAPTER IV . GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS AND GROUPS OF ROCKS CHAPTER V. TRANSITIONS AND TRANSMUTATIONS PART II . THE ROCKS . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . CLASSIFICATION.
... Structure STRATIFICATION OF ROCKS SHAPE AND BEDDING OF ROCK MASSES . CHAPTER IV . GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS AND GROUPS OF ROCKS CHAPTER V. TRANSITIONS AND TRANSMUTATIONS PART II . THE ROCKS . INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . CLASSIFICATION.
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... transmutation of a rock's mass has been proved by Daubrée , who actually produced diopside by subjecting glass to the influence of the thermal waters of Plombières . Many of the crystals which are found disseminated in limestone rocks ...
... transmutation of a rock's mass has been proved by Daubrée , who actually produced diopside by subjecting glass to the influence of the thermal waters of Plombières . Many of the crystals which are found disseminated in limestone rocks ...
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... transmutation of augite , such as schiller spar , green earth , & c . , are externally very similar to chlorite . 22. Saponite ( Soapstone ) .- Massive , sectile , and very soft . S.G. 2.26 . Colour white or light grey , yellow or ...
... transmutation of augite , such as schiller spar , green earth , & c . , are externally very similar to chlorite . 22. Saponite ( Soapstone ) .- Massive , sectile , and very soft . S.G. 2.26 . Colour white or light grey , yellow or ...
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... transmutation derived from other rocks , such as granite , gneiss , gabbro , chlorite- schist , & c .; and only to resemble the mineral , not to con- stitute , strictly speaking , an aggregate of it . ( Vide post , p . 314. ) 24 ...
... transmutation derived from other rocks , such as granite , gneiss , gabbro , chlorite- schist , & c .; and only to resemble the mineral , not to con- stitute , strictly speaking , an aggregate of it . ( Vide post , p . 314. ) 24 ...
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... transmutation , probably of Magnesite . ( e ) ZEOLITE SECTION ( NON - MAGNESIAN HYDROUS SILICAT The minerals which are grouped under the name of are an extensive family of the silicates , having both as mical composition and ...
... transmutation , probably of Magnesite . ( e ) ZEOLITE SECTION ( NON - MAGNESIAN HYDROUS SILICAT The minerals which are grouped under the name of are an extensive family of the silicates , having both as mical composition and ...
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aggregates Alps amygdaloidal aphanite appear argillaceous augite basalt beds bitumen brown Browncoal calcareous calcspar carbonate character chemical chlorite clay clay-slate Cleavage coal colour Colourless columnar compact composition compound conchoidal to uneven consists contains Crown 8vo crystalline schists crystals decomposed deposits diabase diorite dolerite dolomite earth Edition felsitic felspar fibrous fine-grained foliated formation fossils Fracture conchoidal frequently fuses garnet geodes geol geological Germ gneiss grains granite granular grav greenstones grey gypsum hornblende igneous rocks imbedded iron Jahrb labradorite lavas leucite lime limestone Lustre vitreous magnesia magnetic iron-ore marl mass massive matrass matrix melaphyre metamorphic mica mica-schist mineral muriatic acid occurs oligoclase opaque origin orthoclase oxide plutonic porphyritic pyrites pyroxene quartz quartz-porphyry resinous rock-salt sandstone Saxony schists sedimentary rocks serpentine shale silica slaty soluble sometimes strata sulphuric surface syenite texture trachyte transition translucent transmutation Transparent tufa usually varieties veins vesicular cavities volcanic Woodcuts
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