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spilite
spilite Min. (ˈspaɪlaɪt, ˈspɪlaɪt) [orig. formed as F. spillite (Al. Brongniart: see A. H. de Bonnard in Nouveau Dict. d'Hist. nat. appliquée aux Arts (rev. ed.) (1819) XXIX. 371), f. Gr. σπίλος spot, stain.] An altered basalt, commonly amygdaloidal in structure, which is characterized by the albiti...
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Spilite
Spilite (from ) is a fine-grained igneous rock, resulting particularly from alteration of oceanic basalt. Spilite is veined by calcite or chalcedony, and vesicles and cavities are filled with secondary minerals.
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spilitic
spilitic, a. Geol. (spaɪl-, spɪˈlɪtɪk) [f. spilite + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of spilite; characterized by the presence of spilite.1911 Geol. Mag. Decade V. VIII. 205 The basic felspar can be traced in every stage of development as we follow the spilitic lavas from the outer precinc...
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Thomas George Vallance
He continued his spilite search into the 1970s.
The Linnean Society of New South Wales elected him president in 1959, 1968, 1974, and 1988.
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Jasperoid
These, therefore, may represent a type of exhalite chert or spilite.
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ophiolitic
ophioˈlitic, a. [f. ophiolite + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or composed of ophiolite.1909 H. B. C. & W. J. Sollas tr. Suess's Face of Earth IV. v. 153 The sheet of the green-rocks (Ophiolitic, Rhaetic, Vindelician sheet; Steinmann). 1911 Geol. Mag. Decade V. VIII. 243 The constant association of dialas...
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Greenschist
A greenstone is sometimes a greenschist but can also be rock types without any schistosity, especially metabasalt (spilite).
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Pillow lava
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Pillow basalt
Spilite, a fine-grained igneous rock, resulting particularly from the alteration of oceanic basalt
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Fidalgo ophiolite
The sedimentary sequence consists of volcanic keratophyre and spilite interbedded with greywacke and argillite.
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Annenkov Island
On the north coast of the eastern tip of the island, Spilite Arch is a sea-worn arch formed by a pillar of rock high joined to the coastal cliffs by a spilite sill.
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جيولوجيا مقدونيا الشمالية
تهيمن Metarhyolites أيضًا على الجزء Riphean-Cambrian من منطقة Vardar، بما في ذلك الفيلايت والسبليت والقرنية والكلوريت والكلوريت spilite-mica والصخور المتحولة يهيمن Kraistides، وهو مجمع بركاني يمتد إلى بلغاريا المجاورة، على بعض أجزاء البلاد، مع وجود نباتات خضراء، وقاعدة ميتادياباس، و spilite في مستوياتها السفلية
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Thuringian Highland
The most important ones are:
Shale,
Alaunschiefer,
Radiolarite,
Limestone,
Sandstone,
Greywacke,
Dolerite,
Spilite
and volcanic conglomerates
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Geology of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
In the west are basalt flows, pillowed spilite, prehnite and trachyandesite, as well as shale with radiolarite fossils.
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Geology of Syria
Mesozoic (251-66 million years ago)
In the Mesozoic, an ophiolite zone with serptenized peridotite, diabase, spilite, pillow lava, tuff, argillite and
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Geology of Singapore
Lithic tuff and spilite are mapped separately. A number of fossil collections have been made from this member. Jong Facies: Well cemented sandstone conglomerate and sandstone with occasional mudstone beds and spilite pillows.
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