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International Scientific Series

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Frontispiece.

Sections of Igneous Rocks, illustrating the passage from the glassy to the crystalline structure.

1. Vitreous Rock. 2. Semi-Vitreous Rock. 3. Vitreous Rock with Sphærulites. 4. Rock with Crypto-crystalline Base. 5. Rock with Micro-crystalline Base. 6. Rock of Granite Structure built up entirely of Crystals.

[See pp. [63-68].

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