- banded gneiss
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ленточный гнейс
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
banded gneiss
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gneiss — [nīs] n. [Ger gneis < OHG gneisto, a spark, akin to ON gneisti, OE gnast: from the luster of certain of the components] a coarsegrained, metamorphic rock resembling granite, consisting of alternating layers of different minerals, such as… … English World dictionary
gneiss — [nʌɪs] noun a typically coarse grained metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure. Derivatives gneissic adjective gneissose adjective Origin C18: from Ger., from Old High Ger. gneisto spark (because of the rock s sheen) … English new terms dictionary
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