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Excerpt from The Monteregian Hills: A Canadian Petrographical ProvinceTo the essexites belong the dolerites and diorites of Hunt. When he applied these terms to the great igneous intrusions of the mountains and not to mere dykes. They usually contain both hornblende and pyroxene. But the relative proportion of these two minerals varies considerably in the different occur rences. Olivine is sometimes present. Hunt did not recognize the presence of nepheline in these rocks. Nor the highly alkaline character of the magma which they represent. And classified them as dolerite or diorite according to the preponderance of pyroxene or hornblende. Noticing certain occurrences in which the former rock passed into a pyroxenite or peridotite.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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