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So-called Amygdaloidal Gabbro, Skye

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

E. B. Bailey
E. B. Bailey
Affiliation:
19 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh
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Abstract

Certain amygdaloidal rocks in Skye have formerly been interpreted as lavas in which the matrix of the amygdales has been replaced by, or alternatively metamorphosed into, material such as one expects in intrusions. It is now claimed that the amygdales formed in intrusions in normal fashion

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Geological Magazine , Volume 89 , Issue 5 , October 1952 , pp. 369 - 375
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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