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Intrusive Contact

Intrusive contact of granite with Malmesbury Group shales near Cape Town, South Africa. This contact was studied by J. Playfair, Charles Darwin and H. H. Read. It had a major impact on Darwin's thoughts on the origins of rocks

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Bedrock Coarse Feldspar Geologic Grained Granite Granitic History Igneous Inclusion Intrusion Intrusive Metamorphism Metamorphosed Phenocryst Precambrian Shale Table Zone


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