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Parish of Rhynie
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roofing slate are occasionally wrought, but hitherto no distinctly marked fossils have been discovered. The remainder of the Parish is mainly of primary and granitic rock, the granite being in many places erupted in fantastic forms to a great height, and in other places strewing the surface with gigantic masses, some of which are many tons in weight. The minerals are exceedingly numerous, and often extremely beautiful, including granite (grey) common and granular feldspar, rose quartz, homstone, hypersthene, tourmaline, Car-School, hornblende continued on next page]