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    Gneiss (/naɪs/ nice) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes...
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    The Acasta Gneiss Complex, also called the Acasta Gneiss, is a body of felsic to ultramafic Archean basement rocks, gneisses, that form the northwestern...
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  • Gneiss is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock Gneiss may also refer to: Gneiss Hills and Gneiss Lake, in Antarctica Gneiss Point...
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  • Gneiss-2 was the first Soviet produced airborne radar system. It was introduced in 1942, and was installed on Petlyakov Pe-2, Petlyakov Pe-3 and Douglas...
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  • Gneiss Point (77°24′S 163°45′E / 77.400°S 163.750°E / -77.400; 163.750) is a rocky point 2 nautical miles (4 km) north of Marble Point, on the coast...
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  • Peninsular Gneiss or Peninsular Gniessic Complex are the gneissic complex of the metamorphics found all over the Indian Peninsula, on top of which, the...
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    The Lewisian complex or Lewisian gneiss is a suite of Precambrian metamorphic rocks that outcrop in the northwestern part of Scotland, forming part of...
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    textures in these rocks can either be schistose or gneissic. They transition into the mica gneiss and schist units. Major minerals in both include mica...
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    Earth was dated to 4.031 ±0.003 billion years, and is part of the Acasta Gneiss of the Slave craton in northwestern Canada. Researchers at McGill University...
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    The Bronx (redirect from Fordham gneiss)
    bedrock in the Bronx is Fordham gneiss, while that of Manhattan is schist has led to the expression: "The Bronx is gneiss (nice) but Manhattan is schist...
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