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pale yellow or greenish yellow, and they are hard and somewhat brittle. They may occur in more than one way and are derived from several kinds of See also:

rock. Some have been epidotic grits and sandstones; others are limestones which have undergone contact-alteration; probably the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, however, are allied to See also:

EPIDIORITE

epidiorite and See also:

AMPHIBOLITE

amphibolite, and are See also:

LOCAL

local modifications of rocks which were primarily basic intrusions or lavas. The sedimentary epidosites occur with See also:

MICA

mica-See also:

SCHISTS (Gr. vxq'ecv, to split)

schists, sheared grits and granulitic gneisses; they often show, on See also:

minute examination, the remains of clastic structures. The epidosites derived from limestones may contain a See also:

GREAT

great variety of minerals such as See also:

CALCITE

calcite, See also:

AUGITE

augite, See also:

garnet, See also:

SCAPOLITE (Gr. O'Kairos, rod, )tLOoc, stone)

scapolite, &c., but their source may usually be inferred from their See also:

close association with See also:

TALC

talc-silicate rocks in the See also:

field. The third See also:

GROUP

group of epidosites may See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form bands, See also:

VEINS

veins, or irregular streaks and nodules in masses of epidiorite and See also:

HORNBLENDE

hornblende-schist. In microscopic See also:

section they are often merely a granular See also:

MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic of quartz and epidote with some See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron oxides and See also:

CHLORITE

chlorite, but in other cases they retain much of the structure of the originar rock though there has been a See also:

COMPLETE

complete replacement of the former minerals by new ones. Epidosites when streaked and variegated have been cut and polished as ornamental stones. They are translucent and hard, and hence serve for See also:

BROOCH, or BROACH (from the Fr. broths, originally an awl or bodkin; a spit is sometimes called a broach, and hence the phrase " to broach a barrel "; see BROKER)

brooch stones, and the simpler kinds of See also:

JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry. These rocks occasionally carry See also:

gold in visible yellow specks. (J.

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