- gneiss-like
- гнецсоподобный
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gneiss-like
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Gneiss — (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gneiss|ic — «NY sihk», adjective. 1. like gneiss. 2. of or having to do with gneiss: »gneissic rocks … Useful english dictionary
gneiss — n. granite like metamorphic rock. ♦ gneissic, ♦ gneissitic, ♦ gneissose, a. ♦ gneissoid, a. like gneiss … Dictionary of difficult words
hornblendic gneiss — Gneiss Gneiss (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
syenitic gneiss — Gneiss Gneiss (n[imac]s), n. [G.] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slaty gneiss — Slaty Slat y, a. [From {Slate}.] Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture. [1913 Webster] {Slaty cleavage}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quartz´like´ — quartz «kwawrts», noun. a very hard mineral composed of silica, found in many different types of rocks, such as sandstone and quartzite, and as an important constituent in granite, gneiss, and other rocks. Crystals of pure quartz are colorless… … Useful english dictionary
Precambrian time — Interval of geologic time from с 3. 8 billion years ago, the age of the oldest known rocks, to 544 million years ago, the beginning of the Cambrian Period. This interval represents more than 80% of the geologic record and thus provides important… … Universalium
Slave craton — which is one of the oldest dated rock units on Earth at 4.03 Ga. The crust of the Slave craton is thought to have amalgamated during a 2.69 Ga collision between a proto Slave western basement complex, known as the Central Slave Basement Complex,… … Wikipedia
Massif Central (geology) — The Massif Central forms together with the Armorican Massif (Brittany and Normandy) one of the two big basement massifs in France. Its geological evolution started in the late Neoproterozoic and continues to this day. It has been shaped mainly by … Wikipedia
Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean … Universalium
