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The valley of the Nile from Cairo to Assouan has yielded a series of objects in flint, porphyry, and hornblendic rock, retaining traces of human workmanship, and reminding us of similar implements of European type.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.
In the southern mass near Pettigo, once regarded as Archaean and fundamental, residual “eyes” of the hornblendic rocks that are associated with the Dalradian series remain floating, as it were, in the gneiss.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
The hornblendic cement, with its iron or manganese base, produces the variegated appearance which may be seen in specimens from different localities.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
The oldest stratified rock of Scotland is the hornblendic gneiss of Lewis, in the Hebrides, and that of the north-west coast of Ross-shire, represented at the base of the section given at Figure 82.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The large Brumer Island is composed of igneous rocks as formerly mentioned; and at Dufaure Island I obtained from some canoes which came off to us a few smooth water-worn pieces of hornblendic porphyry.
