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44Pillows breaking up on entering water, Loekken Mine
45Late K-pegmatite. Note crosscuttings in Badcall Lewisian: gneiss cut by quartz vein & cut by pegmatite). Badcall, near Scourie, Scotland
46Pillows, tuff infill?, Carmanville South, Newfoundland
47Pillow lavas, Gwna Series Anglesey
48Tuff. Nodular Pitts Head Rhyolitic Tuff, Cwm Idwal, North Wales.
50Tuff. Nodular Pitts Head Rhyolitic Tuff, Cwm Idwal, North Wales.
51Tuff. Nodular Pitt's Head Rhyolitic Tuff. Cwm idwal, North Wales
52Pillow lavas, Gwna Series Anglesey
53Little Whin Sill, just west of Stanhope, Weardale.
54Orbicular Granodiorite, Glandowan Point, (The Rosses), Donegal
55Orbicular Granodiorite, Glandowan Point, (The Rosses), Donegal
56Eutaxitic Texture - flattened welded tuff, Taylorgill Force, Styhead Gill, Cumbria.
57Autobrecciated rhyolite, Seathwaite Fell, above Styhead Tarn, Cumbria
58Hornstones in Seathwaite Tuffs, Seathwaite Fell, above Styhead Tarn, Cumbria
59Tuff vent in Hornstone, Seathwaite Fell, above Styhead Tarn
60Pegmatitie. Detail of 'balled' pegmatite, Swordly Bay, North Sutherland
61Pegmatitie. Detail of 'balled' pegmatite, Swordly Bay, North Sutherland
62Rapakivi feldspar (augened)
63Hyaloclastite, Vassfjellet, Norway
64Sickle-shaped 'pillowette' in matrix of broken pillows+pillowettes+black shard-like glass frags. Loekken Mine, Norway
65Incipient breaking up of a pillow on entering water. Loekken Mine, Norway
66Hyaloclastite: pillow breccia (little pillows very mobile, squeezed ones broken). Loekken Mine, Norway
69Gabbroic anorthosite with pyroxene layers, Table Mountain, South Africa
72Pegmatite, detailed view. Swordly Bay, North Sutherland.
74Dyke. Scourie dyke, W. Chiapaval, Harris
75Dyke. Scourie dyke, W. Chiapaval, Harris
76Dykes. Scourie dykes in cliff, North of Tarbert, Scotland
77Dyke. Scourie dyke, Badcall, Scotland
78Dyke. Multiple intrusions in Scourie dyke. Tarbert, Scotland
79Pegmatite. Late pegmatitie in psammite, Loch Eilt, Scotland
80Dyke. 1000m north of Tarbert. Scotland.
81Dyke. Small ultramafic Scourie dyke in gneiss - all with Laxfordian foliation, but cross-cutting of S2 (Scourian) still seen. Shore South of Diabaig village, Scotland.
83Dyke. Thin basic Scourie dyke cross-cutting gneiss. Shore south of Diagaig village, Scotland.
84Dyke. Ultramafic Scourie dyke with Laxfordian foliation in all rocks, but cross-cutting of S2 (Scourian). Shore South of Diabaig village, Scotland.
85Dyke. Thin basic Scourie dyke cross-cutting gneiss. Shore South of Diagaig village, Scotland.
86Pegmatite. Post D3 cross-cutting pegmatite in in schist. Loch Eilt, Scotland
87Pegmatite in Gr gneiss. Genfinnan Rd.
88Fine foliated Grdiorite dyke + f3 fold profiles. Carn Farr
89Columnar joints, Giant's Causeway, Antrim
90Columnar joints, Giant's Causeway, Antrim
91Sheared dyke margin in shear zone in granite. Close up. Achnelvich N. (?)
92Ophiolite layered gabbro. Blow me Down, Newfoundland
97Spheroidal weathering
100Spheroidal weathering in dolerite. Traeddur Bay, Anglesey
101Weathering of basalt. Giant's Causeway.
196Dyke. Ameralik dyke in Amistoq Gneiss, West Greenland
464Basalt, Little Houghton
465Dyke, Glen Brittle, Skye
466Dyke, Skye
467Lava plateaux, Skye
468Xenoliths (enclaves) in igneous rock.
469Granite with enclaves (xenoliths) Glacial erratic, Thurstaston shore, Wirral
470Sill. Contact with country rock. Anglesey
471Lava flow, Sunset Crater, Arizona.
472Sill. Whin Sill & Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland.
473Sill. Dunstanburgh, Northumberland.
475Base of pillow lava, Port Bealach nan Gall, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
476Top of pillow lava, Port Bealach nan Gall, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
477Pegmatite. Contact with gneiss. Calavine, Scotland
478Pegmatite. Contact with gneiss. Calavine, Scotland
479Pegmatite. Contact with gneiss. Calavine, Scotland
606Sill. Contact between dolerite sill and Cambrian beds, Porth Clais, Wales.
607Sill. Contact between dolerite sill and Cambrian beds, Porth Clais, Wales.
608Sill. Contact between dolerite sill and Cambrian beds, Porth Clais, Wales.
615Gabbro. Gabbro showing layering, boulder in Whitesands bay, Pembrokeshire, wales
616Gabbro showing 'cross bedding'. St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales
623Gabbro. Clawddy Milwyr, St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, wales
624Gabbro. Boulder in Whitesands bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales
629Flow-banded rhyolite. Anglas Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales
630Rhyolite, Y Penrhyn, Wales
660Coarse porphyritic granite. Note the phenocrysts, twinned crystals and dark mafic enclaves., Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
661Coarse porphyritic granite. Note the phenocrysts, twinned crystals and two types of dark mafic enclaves. Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
662Coarse porphyritic granite. Note the phenocrysts and two types of dark mafic enclaves. Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
663Coarse porphyritic granite. Note the phenocrysts and dark mafic enclaves. Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
664Coarse porphyritic granite. Rock forming minerals: quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase, biotite. Note the phenocrysts & twinned crystals. Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
665Basalt. Amygdaloidal basalt. Near Gongamannafoss, Iceland.
666Basalt: pahoehoe lava flow, Thingvellir, Iceland
667Porphyritic granite, Haytor Rocks, Devon. Note the details in the feldspar phenocryst. Devon
668Porphyritic granite, Haytor Rocks, Devon
669Porphyritic granite. Note the details in the feldspar phenocryst. Devon
670Porphyritic granite. Haytor Rocks, Devon
671Granite tor, Haytor Rocks, Devon
672Columnar jointing in basalt, Hljoyhaklettar,Iceland
673Columnar jointing in basalt. Hljoyhaklettar, Iceland
674Pillow lavas, Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey
675Pillow lavas, Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey
676Dyke, Traeth Bychan, Anglesey. (Tertiary intrusion cutting Carboniferous limestone.
677Dyke, Traeth Bychan, Anglesey. (Tertiary intrusion cutting Carboniferous limestone.)
678Amygdaloidal basalt. Iceland.
679Dyke. Intruded into folded meta-sediments of New Harbour Group. Porth y Post, Anglesey.
680Dyke. Late Silurian dyke intruded into Precambrian Gwna Group rocks on Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey
681Columnar jointing in basalt. Hljoyhaklettar, Iceland
682Columnar jointing in basalt, Staffa, Scotland
683Columnar jointing in basalt, Staffa, Scotland
684Columnar jointing in basalt, Staffa, Scotland
685Pahoehoe lava, Krafla, Iceland
686Basalt lava flow surface, Krafla, Lceland
687Basalt lava flow, Krafla, Iceland
688Fumeroles, Krafla, Iceland
689Basalt lava flow surface, Krafla, Iceland
690Basalt lava flow surface, Krafla, Iceland
691Coarse porphyritic granite. Note the phenocrysts and dark mafic enclaves. Caledonian intrusive rock. Shap, Cumbria.
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