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  2. Lamprophyre - Wikipedia

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    Rock considered lamprophyres to be part of a "clan" of rocks, with similar mineralogy, textures and genesis. Lamprophyres are similar to lamproites and kimberlites.While modern concepts see orangeites, lamproites and kimberlites as separate, a vast majority of lamprophyres have similar origins to these other rock types (Tappe et al., 2005).

  3. Geology of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Lamprophyre dykes and sheets have intruded at Hibbs Bay and nearby on the south west coast The Housetop Granite outcrops over 120 km 2 at the western end of the Sheffield Element. It is a biotite granite solidified 380 to 343 million years ago .

  4. Wansdyke - Wikipedia

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    Wansdyke consists of two sections, 14 and 19 kilometres (8.7 and 11.8 mi) long with some gaps in between. East Wansdyke is an impressive linear earthwork, consisting of a ditch and bank running approximately east–west, between Savernake Forest and Morgan's Hill.

  5. Oldcotes Dyke - Wikipedia

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    The river now becomes Firbeck Dike, and passes under New Road to curve around the northern and eastern edges of the Firbeck Hall estate. There is a lake at the junction with Lamb Lane Dike. This rises to the south-west of Letwell and flows northwards under Lamb Lane, here designated the B6463. It is joined by another stream, flowing south-east ...

  6. Houtribdijk - Wikipedia

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    The dike also used to be called Enkhuizerzanddijk. [3] The road that runs on the dike is the N302 [5] and is used by 8,500 vehicles per day with a speed limit of 100 km/h. The road also features a biking path alongside the N302 on the northeastern side. Marine traffic can cross the dike at either the locks or the naviduct at Enkhuizen ...

  7. Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before ...

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    Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’

  8. 3 Boar's Head plants also had unsanitary conditions, USDA ...

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    Three Boar's Head deli meat plants were cited for unsanitary conditions, including insects, mold, and "unidentified slime," according to newly released federal records.

  9. Shonkinite - Wikipedia

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    Shonkinite is an intrusive igneous rock.More specifically, it is a mafic foidal (feldspathoid bearing) syenite, a holocrystalline (completely crystalline) intrusive rock which, in the restricted sense [clarify], is composed of potassic feldspar (in the form of sanidine), with nepheline, augite, biotite, and olivine. [1]