Introductory Text-book of GeologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1869 - 194 strani |
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... MICA - SCHIST , AND CLAY - SLATE GROUPS , 62 • VII . THE LAURENTIAN AND CAMBRIAN SYSTEMS , EMBRACING THE EARLIEST FOSSILIFEROUS SCHISTS , SLATES , AND ALTERED LIMESTONES , 70 VIII . THE SILURIAN SYSTEM , EMBRACING THE LOWER AND UPPER ...
... MICA - SCHIST , AND CLAY - SLATE GROUPS , 62 • VII . THE LAURENTIAN AND CAMBRIAN SYSTEMS , EMBRACING THE EARLIEST FOSSILIFEROUS SCHISTS , SLATES , AND ALTERED LIMESTONES , 70 VIII . THE SILURIAN SYSTEM , EMBRACING THE LOWER AND UPPER ...
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... Mica - Mica - schist - Gneiss . - The glistening , scaly , and transparent por- tions of granite are mica , so called from the Latin verb mico , I glisten . It forms the principal ingredient in a set of slaty PREVALENT ROCKS . 37.
... Mica - Mica - schist - Gneiss . - The glistening , scaly , and transparent por- tions of granite are mica , so called from the Latin verb mico , I glisten . It forms the principal ingredient in a set of slaty PREVALENT ROCKS . 37.
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... mica - schist ( which is mainly composed of quartz and mica ) in containing quartz , felspar , and mica , and in being more irregular and coarser in its lamination and texture . Talc . - A transparent magnesian mineral resembling mica ...
... mica - schist ( which is mainly composed of quartz and mica ) in containing quartz , felspar , and mica , and in being more irregular and coarser in its lamination and texture . Talc . - A transparent magnesian mineral resembling mica ...
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... mica , felspar , granite , gneiss , greenstone , basalt , trap - tuff , lava , and a few of the ores of the more abundant metals . He should also early accustom himself to describe and group these rocks according to their most obvious ...
... mica , felspar , granite , gneiss , greenstone , basalt , trap - tuff , lava , and a few of the ores of the more abundant metals . He should also early accustom himself to describe and group these rocks according to their most obvious ...
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... slaty and crystalline strata - as roofing - slate , mica- schist , and gneiss , very hard and compact , and totally destitute of organic remains . 40. By a more extensive examination of the strata in STRATIFIED SYSTEMS . 43.
... slaty and crystalline strata - as roofing - slate , mica- schist , and gneiss , very hard and compact , and totally destitute of organic remains . 40. By a more extensive examination of the strata in STRATIFIED SYSTEMS . 43.
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abundant accumulations agency aqueous arrangement ATLAS basalt beds bituminous boulders building-stone calcareous Cambrian carboniferous chalk chemical chiefly clay clay-slate coal coal-measures coloured compact composed composition conglomerates coral-reefs corals cretaceous crust crustacea crystalline deposits districts drift earth Edition encrinites England eocene epoch estuaries existing felspar fishes formation forms fossils frequent fresh-water GEOGRAPHY geologists Geology globe gneiss granite gravel greenstone grits groups igneous rocks interstratified islands lakes laminated land Laurentian lava layers less lias lignite lime limestone lower marine marls masses Mesozoic Metamorphic mica mica-schist mineral mountain limestone numerous occur ocean Old Red Sandstone oolite origin PALEOZOIC peculiar period Permian plants and animals present quartz remains of plants reptiles rivers rocky sand schists Scotland seams seas sedimentary shales shell-fish shells silicious silt Silurian slates slaty species stone strata stratified rocks structure surface termed tertiary TEXT-BOOK texture thick tion trap trappean Triassic upheavals upper vegetable volcanic wealden zoophytes
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