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Aldstone moor Allenheads alluvial alluvium angle appear barytes basalt beds Black Metal Black stone Blue Metal stone breccia calcareous cavities chalcedony chalk chlorite COAL Grey Metal colliery colour containing described ditto Dufton dyke east fathoms feet felspar flints formation fragments Geological Society Glen Roy Glen Turit gneiss goniometer granite Grey Metal stone Grey post Haüy Hazle hill hornblende inches laminæ lime limestone line of Glen Loch Loch Laggan MAIN COAL marl mass Melmerby mica miles mineral mixed with whin nodules observed occur pebbles planes plastic clay Plate porphyry post girdles post Grey present primitive crystal quarry quartz quartz rock red sandstone remarkable river sand sandstone schist seam shale shells side siliceous sill slate spar Spean specimens Spey strata stratum Strong grey Strong white post strontian substance sulphate surface terraces thick Thil Tyne upper valley veins Whin girdles