RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [watercoloured geological section diagram for South America]. CUL-DAR39.200. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.


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[proof figure] Porph gneiss Mica slate running NNE & SSW dipping vertically Porph gneiss planes cleavage dipping to ESE (Dike)

Fragment seven yards long & two wide of mica-slate with laminæ dipping vertically in porphyritic gneiss with its laminæ running in same direction, but dipping at small angle to ESE as shown by the arrows.

[South America, p. 143: "No. 22. ─ Fragment of gneiss embedded in another variety of same rock."]

 


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