QUARTZITES

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QUARTZITE — quartz rock. Quartzites are usually white; they fracture smoothly and break up into rubble under frost action. Sandstone may be …
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FLAKE TOOL — Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint ), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off …
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WESTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
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QUARTZITE — sandstone that has been converted into a solid quartz rock. Unlike sandstones, quartzites are free from pores and have a …
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METAMORPHIC ROCK — any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing environmental conditions, …
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LAZULITE — phosphate mineral, a basic magnesium and aluminum phosphate [MgAl2 (PO4)2(OH)2], that often occurs as blue, glassy crystals, grains, or masses …
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FLAKE TOOL — Stone Age hand tools, usually flint, shaped by flaking off small particles, or by breaking off a large flake which …
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DURICRUST — surface or near-surface of the Earth consisting of a hardened accumulation of silica (SiO2), alumina (Al2O3), and iron oxide (Fe2O3), …
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WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM — major division of Precambrian rocks in South Africa (the Precambrian began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million …
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TAGUS RIVER — Portuguese Rio Tejo, Spanish Ro Tajo, longest waterway of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises in the Sierra de Albarracn of …
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TA-HSEH MOUNTAINS — WadeGiles romanization Ta-hseh Shan, Pinyin Daxue Shan, also called Szechwanese Alps, or Sino-tibetan Chain, great mountain range in the west …
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SWAZILAND SYSTEM — major division of rocks and time in southern Africa in Precambrian Time (3.96 billion to 540 million years ago). The …
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STURTIAN SERIES — division of Proterozoic rocks in south central Australia (the Proterozoic Eon lasted from 2.5 billion to 540 million years ago). …
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POUND QUARTZITE — formation of Precambrian rocks (dating from 3.96 billion to 540 million years ago) in the region of Adelaide, South Australia. …
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PALKONDA HILLS — series of ranges in southern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. The hills trend northwest to southeast and form the central …
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NALLAMALA RANGE — range of parallel hills and valleys of the Eastern Ghats in eastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. Located south of …
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KATANGAN COMPLEX — major division of late Precambrian rocks (the Precambrian era began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million years …
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ERRAMALA RANGE — range of hills in western Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. The hills are situated on the Deccan Plateau and are …
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DALRADIAN SERIES — sequence of highly folded and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks of late Precambrian to Early Cambrian age, about 540 million …
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CHUNG-YANG RANGE — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chung-yang Shan-mo, English Central Range mountain group, eastern Taiwan. It trends north-south and consists of three main ranges …
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BRUCE SERIES — division of Precambrian rocks in North America that is well-developed northeast of the Lake Huron region (the Precambrian began about …
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THERMAL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN conductivity ▪ The most obvious differences are the lower density and thermal conductivity …
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EXPANSION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an expansion programme ▪ The company’s aggressive expansion program will double the size of the …
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QUARTZITE — n. Sandstone that has been converted into a solid quartz rock. Quartzites are usually white; they fracture smoothly and break …
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FLAKE TOOL — Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint ), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off …
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КВАРЦИТЫ — Quartzites
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