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Augen gneiss, from the German: Augen, meaning "eyes", is a gneiss resulting from metamorphism of granite, which contains characteristic elliptic or lenticular shear-bound grains (porphyroclasts), normally feldspar, surrounded by finer grained material. The finer grained material deforms around the more resistant feldspar grains to produce this ...
The Port Deposit Gneiss has been quarried along the east as well as the west bank of the Susquehanna River for over 100 years. Port Deposit Gneiss was used in: [2] Many houses and five churches in Port Deposit; Schools like the U.S. Naval Academy, Haverford College and The Catholic University of America; Fort McHenry, Fort Delaware and Fort Carroll
Litchfieldite (nepheline syenite gneiss) from Canaã Massif, Brazil. Litchfieldite is a rare igneous rock.It is a coarse-grained, foliated variety of nepheline syenite, [1] sometimes called nepheline syenite gneiss or gneissic nepeheline syenite. [2]
Morton gneiss, also known as rainbow gneiss, is an Archean-age gneiss found in the Minnesota River Valley of southwestern Minnesota, United States. It is one of the oldest stones on Earth, at about 3.5 billion years old. Along with the nearby Montevideo Gneiss, it is the oldest intact continental crust rock in the United States. [1]
Lewisian Gneiss - Rhiconich, Scotland. The main metamorphic event in the Central Region was the 2.5 Ga granulite facies Badcallian event. The Northern Region lacks evidence of granulite facies and in the Southern Region an earlier 2.73 Ga event is recognised locally.
The oldest Peninsular Gneiss found in areas in the Hosur – Gorur – Holenarsipur – Hunsur belt 3.3–3.2 Ga. The second generation Peninsular Gneiss found in the Bengaluru– Chickmagalur –Holenarsipur region 3.0–2.9 Ga a) Grandiorite facies in the Bengaluru Gneisses established by the Single Zircon Kober evaporation 207 Pb/ 206 Pb data.
Banded gneiss with dike of granite orthogneiss; competent banded gneiss is boudinaged by ductile shear. Boudin on the Island of Uto, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden Chocolate-tablet boudinage structures in a low grade metasedimentary rock outcropping in Deception Pass, Washington
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