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basalts
noun
(ba-salt)
a dark gray to black dense to fine-grained igneous rock that consists of basic plagioclase, augite, and usually magnetite
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andesite
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melilite
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picritic
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tholeiitic
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trachy
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schists
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lavas
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dacite
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olivine
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magmas
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hornblende
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ankerite
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plagioclase
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dolomites
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dunite
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gneiss
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phyllite
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amphibolite
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biotite
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sedimentary
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goethite
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gabbro
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alkalic
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sericite
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siltstone
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anorthosite
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pyroxene
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granites
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illite
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syenite
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pyroxenite
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peridotite
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limestones
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argillite
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hornfels
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greywacke
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diorite
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chrysocolla
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sulphides
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diabase
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phlogopite
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claystone
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muscovite
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stratigraphy
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orogenic
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palaeozoic
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norite
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archaean
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schistose
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terrane
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ordovician
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mylonite
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amphibole
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granodiorite
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adularia
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phyllosilicate
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ultrabasic
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pyrophyllite
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albite
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clastic
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haematite
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igneous
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calcite
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kaolinite
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bornite
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monzonite
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graben
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stratiform
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uraninite
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rhyolite
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pentlandite
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calcic
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pluton
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proterozoic
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vein quartz
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metamorphism
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stockwork
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jarosite
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felsite
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outcrops
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actinolite
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lithosphere
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silicification
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siderite
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eudialyte
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fuchsite
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halite
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chlorite
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pyrope
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epidote
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autunite
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sphalerite
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pegmatites
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sulfides
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mudstone
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lapilli
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sediments
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unconformity
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chalcocite
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metamorphic rock
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basalts
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