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The volume will be of especial interest to alkalineigneousrockand rareearth mineral enthusiasts.
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The specimen provides an unusual occurrence of endolithic colonization of anigneousrocksubstratum, which analyses as microcline feldspar.
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The book has an appendix of chemical analyses of commonigneousrock-forming minerals and an appendix that illustrates how normative compositions are calculated.
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Naming materials in the magma/igneousrocksystem.
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Chapter 2 examines the principles ofigneousrockclassification, nomenclature and their usage.
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These include the proposed coupling of primary production toigneousrockweathering, which is hypothesized to allow a subsurface ecosystem independent of the surface biosphere.
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Sequence (a) is shown as a singleigneousrockformation.
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The only communication we have had is the extraordinary one that aqueous rock is not a mineral, and thatigneousrockis a mineral.
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I suggest that the words "igneousrock" should be put at the end.
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The growing capacity is faster when it gets to thatigneousrock.
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Radon 222 is a naturally occurring radioactive gas which comes out of the ground, particularly in and around areas ofigneousrocksuch as granite.
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The limit between aqueous rock andigneousrockis very fine, and is a most difficult matter to decide.
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Spectacular outcrops ofigneousrock, known as tors, crown many of the hills.
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The future supply and demand for aggregates—sand and gravel, limestone,igneousrockand sandstone—are already being studied and an assessment is being made of the nation's resources of these materials.
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Almost all magma created by the hotspot has the composition of basalt, and so the volcanoes are constructed almost entirely of thisigneousrock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The main type ofigneousrockis porphyritic diorite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name of anigneousrockrequires information on crystal size and mineralogy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The predominantigneousrockis porphyritic hornblende diorite.
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