Rocks Classified and Described: A Treatise on LithologyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 425 oldal |
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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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