 ... powdered, gives a brownish rust color. MATRIX. The general mass of a rock which has isolated crystals; sometimes called groundmass. MILLIMETER. French decimal lineal measure, the thousandth part of a meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is...  The Chief Commercial Granites of Massachusetts - Page 219by Thomas Nelson Dale - 1908 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geology - 1907 - 1026 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 inches, the meter being P.OJ2 inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....regions to designate small paving-block quarries. (See PI. XII, 7?.) OPHITIC. A term applied to microscopic rock texture to designate a mass of longish... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1907 - 244 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 inches, the meter being 39|£ inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....regions to designate small paving-block quarries. (See PI. XII, B.) OPHITIC. A term appiied to microscopic rock texture to designate a mass of lougisli... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Dale - Granite - 1907 - 240 pages
...or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 inches, . the meter being 39£f inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....regions to designate small paving-block quarries. ( See Pl. XII, B.) OPHITIC. A term applied to microscopic rock texture to designate a mass of longish... | |
 | Benjamin Kendall Emerson, Joseph Hartshorn Perry - Geology - 1907 - 700 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 indies. the meter being 39J£ inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....A term used in granite regions to designate small ]>:i vine-block quarries. (See PI. XII, R.) OPHITIC. A term applied to microscopic rock texture to... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1908 - 270 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 inches, the meter being 39 J" inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....the Quincy quarries to Quincy granite which has been ren' dered valueless by the alteration of its segirite particles. PEGMATITE. A very coarse granite... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1908 - 1020 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is equivalent to nearly 0.04 inches, the meter being 39JJ inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....paving-block quarries. OPHITIC. A term applied to microscopic roek texture to designate a mass of longish interlacing crystals, the spaces between which have been... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Dale - Geology, Economic - 1909 - 158 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is nearly equivalent to 0.04 inch, the meter being 39|9 inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....crystallization. OREI. A term applied in the Quincy quarries to granite which has been rendered valueless by the alteration of its segirite particles. PEGMATITE. A... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1909 - 160 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is nearly equivalent to 0.04 inch, the meter being 39 1" inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....crystallization. OREI. A term applied in the Quincy quarries to granite which has been rendered valueless by the alteration of its segirite particles. PEGMATITE. A... | |
 | George Ferdinand Becker - Petroleum - 1909 - 286 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is nearly equivalent to 0.04 inch, the meter being 39 j? inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....in granite regions to designate small paving-block quarric:,. OPHITIC. A term applied to microscopic rock texture to designate a mass of longish • interlacing... | |
 | Vermont. State Geologist - Geology - 1910 - 572 pages
...meter or the tenth part of a centimeter. It is nearly equivalent to 0.04 inch, the meter being 39 10-27 inches. MONOLITH. A column or monument of one stone....in granite regions to designate small paving-block quarriesl Hmr. A term applied to microscopic rock texture to designate a mass of longish interlacing... | |
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