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Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1: Vanua Levu, FijiGuppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)

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

Name: Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1: Vanua Levu, Fiji
Author: Guppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)

Guppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)

Geology -- Fiji; Geology -- Fiji -- Vanua Levu; Igneous rocks; Igneous rocks -- Fiji -- Vanua Levu; Natural history -- Fiji; Phytogeography; Plants -- Pacific Ocean; Seeds -- Dispersal; Vanua Levu (Fiji) -- Description and travel

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 |            |               |{5. _Vitr._ |}           |              |
 |            |{  3. _Phen._  |{           |}           |              |
 |    2.      |{              |{6. _Opac._ |}           |              |
 | Prismatic  |{              |            |}           |{ Not         |
 | (_prism._) |{              |{7. _Magn._ |}           |{ represented.|
 |            |{4. _Non-phen._|{           |}           |              |
 |            |               |{8. _Parv._ |}           |              |
 |            |               |            |            |              |
 |            |               |{9. _Vitr._ |}           |              |
 |            |{ 5. _Phen._   |{           |}           |{ Not         |
 |    3.      |{              |{10. _Opac._|}           |{ represented.|
 |  Ophitic   |{              |            |            |              |
 |  (_oph._)  |{              |{11. _Magn._|            |{ Not         |
 |            |{6. _Non-phen._|{           |            |{ represented.|
 |            |               |{12. _Parv._| ·1-·2 mm.  |      1       |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+


                  SECOND ORDER OF THE OLIVINE-BASALTS.

      CHARACTERS.—Olivine in abundance. Felspars of the groundmass
                          in flow-arrangement.

                  FORMULA.—_Oliv., matr., cop., flu._

 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+
 | SUB-ORDER. |    SECTION.   |   GENUS.   |  SPECIES.  |              |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+              |
 |            |  Presence or  |            |            |   Number of  |
 |  Pyroxene  |   absence of  | Character  |   Length   |   specimens. |
 |   of the   |  plagioclase  |   of the   | of felspar |              |
 | groundmass.|  phenocrysts. |phenocrysts.|  lathes.   |              |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+
 |            |               |{   13.     |{·02-·1 mm. |       3      |
 |            |               |{  Glassy   |{ ·1-·2  "  |       2      |
 |            |               |{plagioclase|{ ·2-·3  "  |       1      |
 |            |{      7.      |{phenocrysts|{ ·3-·5  "  |              |
 |            |{  Plagioclase |{ (_vitr._) |            |              |
 |            |{  phenocrysts |{           |            |              |
 |            |{   (_phen._)  |{   14.     |{·02-·1 mm. |              |
 |            |{              |{  Opaque   |{ ·1-·2  "  |       3      |
 |            |{              |{plagioclase|{ ·2-·3  "  |              |
 |            |{              |{phenocrysts|{ ·3-·5  "  |              |
 |            |{              |{ (_opac._) |            |              |
 |     4.     |{              |            |            |              |
 |  Granular  |{              |{   15.

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Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1: Vanua Levu, FijiGuppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)

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

Guppy, H. B. (Henry Brougham)

|            |               |            |            |              |
 |            |               |{5. _Vitr._ |}           |              |
 |            |{  3. _Phen._  |{           |}           |              |
 |    2.      |{              |{6. _Opac._ |}           |              |
 | Prismatic  |{              |            |}           |{ Not         |
 | (_prism._) |{              |{7. _Magn._ |}           |{ represented.|
 |            |{4. _Non-phen._|{           |}           |              |
 |            |               |{8. _Parv._ |}           |              |
 |            |               |            |            |              |
 |            |               |{9. _Vitr._ |}           |              |
 |            |{ 5. _Phen._   |{           |}           |{ Not         |
 |    3.      |{              |{10. _Opac._|}           |{ represented.|
 |  Ophitic   |{              |            |            |              |
 |  (_oph._)  |{              |{11. _Magn._|            |{ Not         |
 |            |{6. _Non-phen._|{           |            |{ represented.|
 |            |               |{12. _Parv._| ·1-·2 mm.  |      1       |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+


                  SECOND ORDER OF THE OLIVINE-BASALTS.

      CHARACTERS.—Olivine in abundance. Felspars of the groundmass
                          in flow-arrangement.

                  FORMULA.—_Oliv., matr., cop., flu._

 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+
 | SUB-ORDER. |    SECTION.   |   GENUS.   |  SPECIES.  |              |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+              |
 |            |  Presence or  |            |            |   Number of  |
 |  Pyroxene  |   absence of  | Character  |   Length   |   specimens. |
 |   of the   |  plagioclase  |   of the   | of felspar |              |
 | groundmass.|  phenocrysts. |phenocrysts.|  lathes.   |              |
 +------------+---------------+------------+------------+--------------+
 |            |               |{   13.     |{·02-·1 mm. |       3      |
 |            |               |{  Glassy   |{ ·1-·2  "  |       2      |
 |            |               |{plagioclase|{ ·2-·3  "  |       1      |
 |            |{      7.      |{phenocrysts|{ ·3-·5  "  |              |
 |            |{  Plagioclase |{ (_vitr._) |            |              |
 |            |{  phenocrysts |{           |            |              |
 |            |{   (_phen._)  |{   14.     |{·02-·1 mm. |              |
 |            |{              |{  Opaque   |{ ·1-·2  "  |       3      |
 |            |{              |{plagioclase|{ ·2-·3  "  |              |
 |            |{              |{phenocrysts|{ ·3-·5  "  |              |
 |            |{              |{ (_opac._) |            |              |
 |     4.     |{              |            |            |              |
 |  Granular  |{              |{   15.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

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

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