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Rocks and Their Origins

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1 Surface of Limestone plateau, Causse du Larzac, Aveyron 45

2 Ravine in Limestone, Cañon of the Dourbie, Aveyron 47

3 Waterworn cliff of Limestone, Millersdale 49

4 Limestone country dissected by ravines, Hercegovina 51

5 Sand developing from Sandstone, Cape of Good Hope 59

6 Siliceous Conglomerate, Co. Waterford 75

7 Quartzite Cone, Croagh Patrick 77

8 Shrinkage-cracks in Clay, Spitsbergen 81

9 Landslide of Limestone over Shale, Drôme 93

10 Weathering of Shale, Isère 95

11 Boulder-clay, Crich, Derbyshire (Phot. H. A. Bemrose) 97

12 Nordenskiöld Glacier, Spitsbergen 99

13 Sefström Glacier, Spitsbergen 101

14 Ash-layer of 1906 on Vesuvius 111

15 Puy de la Vache, Puy-de-Dôme 113

16 Granite invading Mica-schist, Cape Town 121

17 Weathering granite, Lundy Island 139

18 Granite weathering under tropical conditions, Matopo Hills 141

19 Composite Gneiss, Co. Donegal 153

20 Composite Gneiss, Ängnö, Sweden 155

(Figs. 11 and 17 are reproduced from the Cambridge County Geographies of Derbyshire and Devonshire respectively; the rest of the illustrations are from photographs by the author.)

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