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  2. Bluestone - Wikipedia

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    It is a "convenience" label rather than a geological term, since at least 46 different rock types are represented. One of the most common rocks in the assemblage is known as Preseli Spotted Dolerite—a chemically altered igneous rock containing spots or clusters of secondary minerals replacing plagioclase feldspar. It is a medium grained dark ...

  3. File:Prospectdolerite.jpg - Wikipedia

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  4. Buprestidae - Wikipedia

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    Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described. [1]

  5. Diabase - Wikipedia

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    West of the Norseman–Wiluna Belt is the Yalgoo-Singleton greenstone belt, where complex dolerite dike swarms obscure the volcaniclastic sediments. [14] Large dolerite sills such as the Golden Mile Dolerite can exhibit coarse-grained texture, and show a large diversity in petrography and geochemistry across the width of the sill. [15]

  6. Agrilus biguttatus - Wikipedia

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    Agrilus biguttatus is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. Common names include oak splendour beetle, oak buprestid beetle, and two-spotted oak borer. [1] This beetle is known as a pest that causes damage to oak trees and is a major factor in oak decline. [2] The adult beetle is 8 to 13 millimeters long. [1]

  7. Prospect dolerite intrusion - Wikipedia

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    The Prospect dolerite intrusion, or Prospect intrusion, is a Jurassic picrite or dolerite laccolith that is situated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [2] Lying in the heart of Cumberland Plain, in the suburb of Pemulwuy (previously Greystanes), the intrusion is Sydney's largest body of igneous rock, rising to a height of 117 metres (384 ft) above sea level. [3]

  8. Buprestis maculativentris - Wikipedia

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    Buprestis maculativentris, the ventrally spotted buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America. It is found in North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  9. Pelidnota punctata - Wikipedia

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    Pelidnota punctata, the grapevine beetle, spotted June beetle or spotted pelidnota, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles), subfamily Rutelinae. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and eastern Canada, but do relatively little damage to their host plants.