Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... zone of gold - washings , only the height of 350 toises . Semanario , ( tom . i , p . 18 ) ; but I found the- Lavaderos of Quilichao , on the north of Popayan , to be 565 toises high . UNION OF GROUPS . 313 of greenstone , phonolite ,
... zone of gold - washings , only the height of 350 toises . Semanario , ( tom . i , p . 18 ) ; but I found the- Lavaderos of Quilichao , on the north of Popayan , to be 565 toises high . UNION OF GROUPS . 313 of greenstone , phonolite ,
Page 313
... phonolite , trachyte , and ferruginous quartz , of which the soil of the two slopes is composed . From the ridge of Los Robles , which separates the table - land of Almaguer from the basin of Cauca , the western chain forms , first , in ...
... phonolite , trachyte , and ferruginous quartz , of which the soil of the two slopes is composed . From the ridge of Los Robles , which separates the table - land of Almaguer from the basin of Cauca , the western chain forms , first , in ...
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... PHONOLITE , BETWEEN ORTIZ AND CERRO DE FLORES . - I place pyroxenic amygdaloid and phonolite ( porphyrschiefer ) at the end of the formations of Venezuela , not as being the only rocks which I consider as pyrogenous , but as those of ...
... PHONOLITE , BETWEEN ORTIZ AND CERRO DE FLORES . - I place pyroxenic amygdaloid and phonolite ( porphyrschiefer ) at the end of the formations of Venezuela , not as being the only rocks which I consider as pyrogenous , but as those of ...
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... phonolite , an eminently felspathic rock , in which we find some crystals of amphi- bole , but pyroxene very rarely , and never any olivine . Cerro de Flores is a hill covered with tabulary blocks of greenish grey phonolite , enclosing ...
... phonolite , an eminently felspathic rock , in which we find some crystals of amphi- bole , but pyroxene very rarely , and never any olivine . Cerro de Flores is a hill covered with tabulary blocks of greenish grey phonolite , enclosing ...
Page 402
... phonolite , exactly similar to that of Bohemia , piercing through gneiss . I am inclined to believe that America , on the east of the Andes , would have burning volcanos , if , near the shore of Vene- zuela , Guiana , and Brazil , the ...
... phonolite , exactly similar to that of Bohemia , piercing through gneiss . I am inclined to believe that America , on the east of the Andes , would have burning volcanos , if , near the shore of Vene- zuela , Guiana , and Brazil , the ...
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