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How should rocks be named?

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HolmesA. 1971. The Nomenclature of Petrology. (Facsimile of the 1920 [1928] edition.) 284 pp. Hafner Publishing Co., New York. Price £5.95.

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P. A. Sabine
P. A. Sabine
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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 2 , March 1974, pp. 165 - 176
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