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Meaning of "dolerite"
Dolerite is a type of dark igneous rock that forms underground
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- A type of fine-grained basaltic rock.
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Some dolerite dykes have a porphyry centre.
This mountain is composed of the dolerite columns.
Dolerite predominates on the plateau.
It is mainly composed of dolerite and basaltic volcanic rocks.
The lions are made from dolerite.
The isolated dolerite hills give the place a calming feeling of seclusion.
There is also an area of dolerite intrusions.
The central plateau and the southeast portions of the island are mostly dolerite.
There is also a small intrusion of dolerite on the northern side.
Veins of dolerite oriented NS in the Fréhel sanstones are the result of fissural volcanism.
The first phase favoured the use of dolerite.
Dykes of lamprophyre and more rarely dolerite are exposed in many parts of Orkney.
What crusher is the best application for dolerite.
Granitoid batholiths and dolerite dikes dating to the Proterozoic frequently intrude into these layers.
Most are capped with iron quantizes and dolerite rocks.
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The dolerite sill and the sediments underlying it are probably part of the Umkondo Group.
The lighthouse was built by convict labour using locally quarried dolerite over two years.
The Organ Pipes designate the dolerite columns formed with magma cooling down in polygonal organization.
The island is formed of Jurassic dolerite.
A sample of dolerite from the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing tranquillityite.
The Makapansgat a dolerite cave.
Dolerite quarry producing high-quality aggregate.
The Guéra Massif is composed of granites dissected by numerous dolerite dykes.
Murray Monolith is much like the dolerite structure in Tasmania called Cradle Mountain.
The term diabase is the North American word for dolerite.
Sand and wind have eroded the symmetrical dolerite pillars of the Organ Pipes.
Gneisses, volcanics and metasediments are intruded by granites, granodiorites and a suite of dolerite dykes.
Tasmania is known for its igneous dolerite pillars, which are popular amongst climbers.
The Cretaceous granite is embedded into the Jurassic basaltic lavas and dolerite dykes.
With only their dolerite balls and hammers, they began to build a sliding door of granite.
The range is mainly composed of Jurassic Dolerite.
They had pulled carts filled with dolerite hammers, and bronze tools, and wooden wedges.
In the north-west there are sills of dolerite.
However, the dolerite sills resisted erosion, protecting the softer Beaufort and Ecca shales beneath them.
The Farnes are resistant igneous Dolerite outcrops.
For example, dolerite axes made at Plussulien have been found in Britain.
They are formed of trachyte, dolerite and basalt.
The stone circle comprises 37 stones and one central stone, all composed of dolerite.
Dolerite ( also called diabase ).
Since then, it is generally considered to be a dolerite dike with cracks.
They intrude the Lower Parmeener Group rocks, and dolerite.
Roads were paved with grey dolerite from Prospect Hill as early as the 1820s.
These hills are capped by hard, erosion resistant dolerite sills.
Production and conditioning of minerals - Quartz, basalt, dolerite and lava - Eurotrex SA.
In the batholiths there are quartz-feldspar porphyry and dolerite dykes.
The Sarv Nappe-the highest thrust sheet-contains dolerite from 600 million years ago.
Magma made its way through the sedimentary rocks forming 150-foot dolerite cliffs.
This photo shows Carn Goedog, the source of Stonehenge 's spotted dolerite bluestones.
