Words to Describe gneiss
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Things gneiss often describes ("gneiss ________")
- series
- zone
- pebbles
- breccias
- inclusions
- granites
- granite
- runs
- structure
- contacts
- graduates
- clasts
- complex
- contact
- belts
- unit
- forms
- terrains
- breaks
- group
- crust
- bedrock
- facies
- rock
- belt
- bands
- formation
- rocks
- dome
- type
- domes
- transition
- mass
- terranes
- area
- country
- basement
- layer
- hills
- complexes
- terrain
- surface
- fragments
- terrane
- fig
- region
- predominates
How gneiss often is described ("________ gneiss")
- amphibole
- felspathic
- light
- veined
- red
- granodioritic
- grained
- acid
- layered
- sheared
- colored
- cordierite
- felsic
- archaean
- granodiorite
- leucocratic
- dioritic
- hard
- laurentian
- syenite
- porphyroblastic
- pink
- rusty
- grade
- contorted
- muscovite
- compact
- talcose
- feldspathic
- schistose
- massive
- epidote
- biotite
- hornblendic
- black
- mica
- silicate
- archean
- hornblende
- eastern
- cambrian
- foliated
- granite
- reddish
- gray
- graphitic
- quartzose
- granitic
- augen
- coastal
- porphyritic
- sillimanite
- mylonitic
- bearing
- basic
- plagioclase
- decomposed
- granulite
- pyroxene
- garnet
- micaceous
- garnetiferous
- older
- pelitic
- lewisian
- calcareous
- granulitic
- granitoid
- adjacent
- fine
- composite
- feldspar
- typical
- syenitic
- fundamental
- basal
- quartz
- rich
- homogeneous
- diorite
- coarse
- metamorphic
- dark
- grey
- crystalline
- ancient
- weathered
- banded
