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from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, somewhat like schist.
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Upper Orinoco, or of Parime, only granular granites containing a little hornblende, granites passing into gneiss, and schistoid hornblendes.
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Parime, only granular granites containing a little hornblende, granites passing into gneiss, and schistoid hornblendes.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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