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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Schist
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement
Xenolith
a rock fragment foreign to the igneous rock in which it is embedded
Bleached Zone
the area around the tourmaline in a cats paw.
Pegmatite
a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes
Pluton
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface
Solution pits- 33 4842 60 N 084 0886 00 W
when water gets in a low point of a rock and wears away at the rock and eventually forms a dent
Root Action- 33 4854 30 N 084 0922 70 W
Root Action is an example of Physical Weathering.
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Schist
Xenolith
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Solution pits- 33 4842 60 N 084 0886 00 W
Root Action- 33 4854 30 N 084 0922 70 W
Lichens- 33 4832 60 N 34 0813 70 W
Gneiss- 33 4839 60 N 084 0881 20 W
Dike- 33 4824 60 N 084 0821 20 W
Physical Weathering- 33 4822 90 N 084 0822 10 W
Chemical Weathering- 33 4826 60 N 084 0823 40 W
Exfoliation- 33 4822 10 N 084 0820 20 W
Quartz- 33 4823 60 N 084 0818 30 W
Granite 33 4831 00 N 84 0812 60 W
Felsic 33 4819 60 N 084 0820 00 W
Phaneritic- 33 4827 40 N 84 0817 30 W
Intrusion- 33 4825 20 N 084 084 0818 70 W
Cat's Paw- 33 4836 50 N 084 0876 40 W
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