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III.—Notes on a pre-Tertiary Dyke, on the Usway Burn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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A Dyke of pre-Tertiary age is exposed in the lower course of the Usway Burn, a tributary of the Coquet. It is intruded among the Cheviot igneous rocks, and crosses the burn in a somewhat northeasterly direction. In hand-specimens the rock appears black or dark brown with a sub-vitreous lustre, and contains porphyritic crystals which are quite visible to the unaided eye. It weathers a bright red colour and even the fresh portions are streaked with red veins of agate.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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References

page 104 note 1 “Notes on the Cheviot Andesites and Porphyrites,” by Teall, J. J. Harris, M.A., F.G.S,: Geol. Mag., 04, 1883.Google Scholar

page 106 note 1 Teall, , Geol. Mag., 1887Google Scholar, “Notes on Cheviot Andesites and Porphyrites,” p. 150: “In this case the bulk of the foreign matter must be greater than that of the felspar substance, and yet the felspar has impressed its character on the compound mass.”

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page 108 note 1 “Notes on the Crookdene and Related Dykes,” by Heslop, M. K. M.Sc., and DrSmythe, J. A., read before the Geological Society, 11 17, 1909.Google Scholar