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Page 162
... composition and a highly ordered atomic arrangement ; it is usually formed by inorganic processes . There are several thousand known mineral species , but only about 100 of them constitute the major mineral components of rocks ; these ...
... composition and a highly ordered atomic arrangement ; it is usually formed by inorganic processes . There are several thousand known mineral species , but only about 100 of them constitute the major mineral components of rocks ; these ...
Page 237
... composition or texture . Those consisting of older material not directly related to that of their host are known as xenoliths , and those representing broken - up and detached older parts of the same igneous body that encloses them are ...
... composition or texture . Those consisting of older material not directly related to that of their host are known as xenoliths , and those representing broken - up and detached older parts of the same igneous body that encloses them are ...
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... composition became a discipline formally taught and hence requiring comprehensive textbooks , including the theory of form and instrumentation . This profitable need was satisfied by the voluminous activities of 19th - century writers ...
... composition became a discipline formally taught and hence requiring comprehensive textbooks , including the theory of form and instrumentation . This profitable need was satisfied by the voluminous activities of 19th - century writers ...
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