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Mineralogy.
(See quot. 1885).
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hammochrysos1706
hornslate1791
hornblende slate1794
horn porphyry1794
horn-schist1799
mica-slate1809
green schist1817
hornblende schist1821
kinzigite1878
phyllite1878
spilosite1882
mylonite1885
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. iv. viii. 578 Fleckschiefer, Bandschiefer,..the spilosite and desmosite of Zincken.
1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) ii. ii. 127 Spilosite is a greenish, schistose rock, composed of finely granular or compact felspathic material, with small chlorite concretions or scales.
1895 L. Fletcher Introd. Study Rocks (1898) Index 118/1.
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