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Thin accumulations of light-colored rock layers can occur in a darker rock that is parallel to each other or even cut across the gneissic foliation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

On the map the Superior Province, rocks are mostly pink, representing granitic and gneissic rocks, with strips and blotches of green, representing metamorphosed sea-floor basalt and sediments, also known as greenstone belts.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

It is to this lowermost gneissic group that the term “Archean” may be conveniently limited.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

At the headlands and in irregular spots the gneissic base rock and portions of moraines lie exposed, offering a succession of interesting spots for a visit in search of geological specimens.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

It was composed of gneissic granite and schists.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir