RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Macculloch, A geological classification of rocks, etc. CUL-DAR42.62. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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. The volume CUL-DAR42 contains notes for Darwin's book South America (1846).

Macculloch, J. 1821. A geological classification of rocks, with descriptive synopses of the species and varieties comprising the elements of practical geology. London.


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Macc: Class of Rocks.

p.185 passage from gneiss into clay-slate

to

189 - different passages.

p. 270.lamination of mica slate

p. 332 parallel case to Falklands [sketch] gneiss sandstone

p. 350 Cleavage. (Nodules with lamin beds in Builth

p.  364 irregular beds of primary limestone +

376 mass of felspar in gneiss

gr lamination on igneous rocks p. 475

veins having different character in laminae. p. 528 - Mem. P. Scrope. Ponza's islands

p 531 on laminar changes in Pitchstone.


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