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Amygdaloid

noun
1.
Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits.



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... chloritic, and alternating five times with vast beds of granite—the general direction east, with a north or perpendicular dip. Great quantities of the older shell limestone are found strewn in rolled masses on the beach. Amygdaloid occupies also a very large tract to the north, mingled with porphyries, conglomerates, and various other substances. From Thunder Mountain westward, trappose greenstone is the prevailing rock: it gives rise to some strange pilastered precipices ...
— The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Warburton


Words linked to "Amygdaloid" :   amygdaloidal, volcanic rock, almond-shaped, rounded


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