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Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1

Note 74 — Chapter XI · DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES (continued)

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Both these rocks belong to the hypersthene-augite andesites, showing phenocrysts of both monoclinic and rhombic pyroxene. The first belongs to the orthophyric order described on p. 290; whilst the second belongs to the second order (genus 13, p. 287) where the felspars of the groundmass are lathe-like and in flow arrangement.

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