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Gneissic

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gneiss  (ns)
n.
A banded or foliated metamorphic rock, usually of the same composition as granite.

[German Gneis, probably alteration of Middle High German ganeist, spark (from its appearance), from Old High German gneista.]

gneissic (nsk), gneissoid (nsoid), gneissose (nss) adj.


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Butler granite is a grey gneissic granite that was used for the steps and landings of the four exterior porticos of the Legislative Building (Figs.
The altered and deformed host appears to be a gneissic to schistose intermediate to felsic intrusive but some deformed meta-volcanics are also present.
A segment on gneissic host rocks begins with the Rottenstone deposit, continues with the Gordon-Werner Lake area and ends with the Namew Lake deposit.
 
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