All these minerals have once been imbedded in the granitic gneiss, which is the principal rock of the region. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
In one place the latter rock is seen bursting through the gneiss, which is slaty and very crystalline at the junction. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
The prevalent north-east strike of the gneiss is the same in both, differing from the Himalaya, where the stratified rocks generally strike north-west. From Wordnik.com. [Himalayan Journals — Complete] Reference
And then, O Squib, he set out to explain that he meant "gneiss," not "nice!". From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
Geologic formations such as gneiss and schist found at the bottom of the Canyon date back 1,800 million years. From Wordnik.com. [Dry Rot, Not Arson: National Park Service and Science - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Soils are weathered from a variety of crystalline and metamorphic materials, such as gneiss, schist, and granite, as well as some areas of igneous intrusive rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
And when at last Brown slipped on "gneiss," and Bilson took his chair. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Poetical Works] Reference
America from Patagonia to the Canadas -- the fundamental gneiss which is covered, in other parts of Central America that I had visited, by strata of much more recent origin. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
The geological formation at the site is sienitic gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
The summit rock was gneiss, succeeded by sienitic gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself] Reference
"A splendid specimen of gneiss," explained the professor triumphantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
The geologic materials are mostly late Pre-Cambrian schist and gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
The three principal elevations in Princeton are mainly composed of gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference
The gneiss of this region is not especially rich in other mineral contents. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference
It is composed of granite resting on an elevated plateau of soft friable gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
This mineral occurs very plentfully in the space between the limestones and gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
The gneiss which emerged in the Taishan region is the foundation for all of North China. From Wordnik.com. [Mount Taishan Scenic Beauty and Historic Interest Zone, China] Reference
The rolling to hilly, well-dissected upland contains mostly schist, gneiss, and granite bedrock. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Alabama and Georgia (EPA)] Reference
Wachusett is mainly composed has rather obscure stratification, and hence may be called granitic gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference
Right now he couldn't evaluate the ones approaching them any more than he could separate granite from gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
The Barnard Metamorphics of largely schist and gneiss, which outcrop in the south-east, may be part of this Basin. From Wordnik.com. [Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia] Reference
This species grows on a variety of soil formations including; gneiss, trap, laterite, alluvial, and boulder deposits. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 22] Reference
A course gneiss is the predominant rock, but is associated with garnetiferous mica-schists and much intrusive granite. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Hitherto the rock had been primitive limestone lying on gneiss, but we now came upon a thick stratum of pure limestone. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
At last he ventured to ask whether there were any fossils in the blocks of gneiss that were scattered over the moorland. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
It occurs in alluvial soil, in the vicinity of rocks belonging to the secondary or floetz-trap formation, and imbedded in gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832] Reference
Here, as elsewhere, they resembled each other closely; the gneiss was slightly the harder, but both were badly seamed and fissured. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The East River Tunnels. Paper No. 1159] Reference
The gneiss rocks of the first division occupy about a fifth of the surface of the soil, extending longitudinally from north to south. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Granite, seinite, and gneiss take the first, place for strength, hardness and durability, but they will not stand a high temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The geology of the ecoregion is characterized by Precambrian metamorphic rocks such as schists, amphibolites, quartzites, and gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests] Reference
The gneiss of the Manhattan Formation was particularly faulted and contorted, and riddled with weak areas, cracks, and natural tunnels. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Death]
For thirteen years they had gone down, and the barns and fences yet lay as Sherman left them, as unchanged as the gneiss rocks about them. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
This is a variety of mica in small crystals, of a dark brown color, and quite plentiful in the gneiss inclosing the veins of limestone. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883] Reference
Manhattan Island is a low outcrop of gneiss and mica-schist, sloping from an irregular, but practically continuous crest, to the Hudson and. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
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