Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 Vanua Levu, Fiji

CHAPTER XXI

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THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU (_continued_)

THE ACID ANDESITES, TRACHYTES, QUARTZ-PORPHYRIES.

The Hornblende-Andesites of Fiji, 293.—Occurrence of Dacites in Fiji, 294.—Suggestion of “felsitic andesite” as a rock-name, 295.—The Acid Andesites of Vanua Levu, 295.—The Hypersthene-Andesites, 296.—The Hornblende-Hypersthene-Andesites, 298.—The Quartz-Andesites or Dacites, 302.—Tabular comparison of the Acid Andesites, 304.—The characters of the Rhombic Pyroxene, 306.—Magmatic Paramorphism, 306.—The Oligoclase Trachytes, 308.—Quartz-Porphyries and Rhyolitic rocks, 309

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