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They traverse all kinds of rocks, both hypogene and fossiliferous, and extend downward to indefinite or unknown depths.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
Accordingly, in the Swiss Alps, even the flysch, or upper portion of the nummulitic series, has been occasionally invaded by Plutonic rocks, and converted into crystalline schists of the hypogene class.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
One of the metamorphic or crystalline stratified rocks of the hypogene class, which is characterized by being composed of a large proportion of mica united with quartz.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The hypogene or primary schists, as they are termed, such as gneiss, mica-schist, and others, cannot be split into an indefinite number of parallel laminæ like rocks which have a true slaty cleavage.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
They who still question this opinion may call the rocks under consideration the stratified hypogene formations or crystalline schists.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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