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  2. Angadipuram Laterite - Wikipedia

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    Angadippuram Laterite is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument [1] [2] [3] in Angadippuram town in Malappuram district in the southern Indian state of Kerala, India.The special significance of Angadippuram to laterites is that it was here that Dr. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, a professional surgeon, gave the first account of this rock type, in his report of 1807, as "indurated clay", ideally ...

  3. Peninsular Gneiss - Wikipedia

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    The earliest rock was a dark coloured amphibolite which was converted into grey biotite gneiss during migmatization. The grey biotite gneiss during migmatization was first intruded by grey porphyritic granite and later by pink granites. Pegamatities of several generations have traversed all these rocks. Gneissic exposure at the Lalbagh hillock

  4. Devils Tower - Wikipedia

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    The landscape surrounding Devils Tower is composed mostly of sedimentary rocks. The oldest rocks visible in Devils Tower National Monument were laid down in a shallow sea during the Triassic. [citation needed] This dark red sandstone and maroon siltstone, interbedded with shale, can be seen along the Belle Fourche River.

  5. National Geological Monuments of India - Wikipedia

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    Rock Monuments [2] 27 Pyroclastics & Pillow lavas of Kolar Gold fields: Peddapalli Kolar district: Karnataka: Rock Monuments [2] 28 Shivalik Fossil Park: Suketi: Sirmaur district: Himachal Pradesh: Fossil Park [2] 29 Pillow Lava in lron ore belt at Nomira: Keonjhar district: Odisha: Rock Monuments [2] 30 Plant Fossil bearing Inter-trappean beds ...

  6. Natural Arch, Tirumala hills - Wikipedia

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    The sedimentary thickness of the Cudappa basin is of the order of 12 km (7.5 mi) with volcanic sequences in the form of sills and dykes. A prominent Eparchaean Unconformity of the formation resting on the Archaean peninsular gneissic complex is noted. Rocks of Cuddapah Supergroup including Kurnool Group are the prominent feature of the basin. [15]

  7. Sedimentary rock - Wikipedia

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    Uluru (Ayers Rock) is a large sandstone formation in Northern Territory, Australia.. Sedimentary rocks can be subdivided into four groups based on the processes responsible for their formation: clastic sedimentary rocks, biochemical (biogenic) sedimentary rocks, chemical sedimentary rocks, and a fourth category for "other" sedimentary rocks formed by impacts, volcanism, and other minor processes.

  8. Stone sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Hardstone carving is the carving for artistic purposes of semi-precious stones such as jade, agate, onyx, rock crystal, sard or carnelian, and a general term for an object made in this way. Alabaster or mineral gypsum is a soft mineral that is easy to carve for smaller works and still relatively durable.

  9. Red beds - Wikipedia

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    Red butte, Selja Gorges, Tunisia Cathedral Rock near Sedona, made of Permian redbeds Red beds of the Permo-Triassic Spearfish Formation surround Devils Tower National Monument. Red beds (or redbeds) are sedimentary rocks, typically consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and shale, that are predominantly red in color due to the presence of ferric ...