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Page 88
... Greywacke . This formation consists of two different rocks , which usually alternate with each other , and pass into each other . These are greywacke and greywacke slate . The first cha- racterises the formation . Greywacke is a rock ...
... Greywacke . This formation consists of two different rocks , which usually alternate with each other , and pass into each other . These are greywacke and greywacke slate . The first cha- racterises the formation . Greywacke is a rock ...
Page 89
... greywacke slate , at Leogang in Salzburg . CLASS III - FLOETZ FORMATIONS . The next grand class of formations have re- ceived the name of slætz , because they lie usually in beds much more nearly horizontal than the preceding . When not ...
... greywacke slate , at Leogang in Salzburg . CLASS III - FLOETZ FORMATIONS . The next grand class of formations have re- ceived the name of slætz , because they lie usually in beds much more nearly horizontal than the preceding . When not ...
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... Greywacke forma- tion . The preceding deposites are posterior in formation to the stratified primitive rocks . Porphyritic veins , or dikes of transition or se- condary age ( Western Bohmerwaldgebirge , Erzgebirge , & c . ) Basaltic ...
... Greywacke forma- tion . The preceding deposites are posterior in formation to the stratified primitive rocks . Porphyritic veins , or dikes of transition or se- condary age ( Western Bohmerwaldgebirge , Erzgebirge , & c . ) Basaltic ...
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... greywacke or the secondary porphyries ; -gold , native copper , red copper - ore , arseniate of iron , platina . - Uppermost limit of uran- ore and of tantalite . STRATIFIED OR NEPTUNIAN ROCKS . I. FIRST FLETZ SANDSTONE FORMATION.
... greywacke or the secondary porphyries ; -gold , native copper , red copper - ore , arseniate of iron , platina . - Uppermost limit of uran- ore and of tantalite . STRATIFIED OR NEPTUNIAN ROCKS . I. FIRST FLETZ SANDSTONE FORMATION.
Page 95
... GREYWACKE FORMATION . - Ex .: Hartz , Scot- land , England , Gesenke Vosges , & c . Conglomerate . Clay - slate . Flinty - slate ( Leadhills ) . Alum - slate ( Moffat ) . Anthracitiferous - slate ( Vosges , Alps , Brit- CLASS II ...
... GREYWACKE FORMATION . - Ex .: Hartz , Scot- land , England , Gesenke Vosges , & c . Conglomerate . Clay - slate . Flinty - slate ( Leadhills ) . Alum - slate ( Moffat ) . Anthracitiferous - slate ( Vosges , Alps , Brit- CLASS II ...
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