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accessory ingredients acid aggregates Alps amygdaloidal aphanite appear argillaceous augite basalt beds bitumen brown Browncoal CALCAIRE calcspar carbonate cavities character chemical chlorite clay clay-slate Cleavage coal colour Colourless compact composition compound consists contains Crown 8vo crystalline schists crystals Delesse deposits diabase diorite dolerite dolomite earthy Edition felsitic felspar fibrous fine-grained foliated formation fossils Fracture conchoidal frequently garnet geol geological Germ gneiss grains granite granular granulite grav greenstones grey gypsum hornblende igneous rocks imbedded iron Jahrb labradorite lavas leucite lime limestone Lustre vitreous magnesia magnetic iron-ore marl mass matrix melaphyre metamorphic mica mica-schist mineral muriatic nepheline occurs oligoclase origin orthoclase oxide plutonic porphyritic Post 8vo principal pyrites pyroxene quartz quartz-porphyry sandstone sanidine Saxony schists sedimentary rocks serpentine shale silica slaty soluble sometimes Spec strata surface syenite talc trachyte transition translucent transmutation tufa usually Varieties in Texture veins vesicular volcanic Woodcuts
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