amygdaloid

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• It is a common product of alteration in igneous rocks, and frequently occurs as well-developed crystals in association with zeolites lining the amygdaloidal cavities of basaltic and other rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
• This regular disposition of lithoid basaltic lava and feldsparry vitreous lava is analogous to the phenomena of all trappean mountains; it reminds us of those phonolites lying in very ancient basalts, those close mixtures of augite and feldspar which cover the hills of wacke or porous amygdaloids: but why are the porphyritic or feldsparry lavas of the Peak found only on the summit of the volcano? Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• This hill consisted of amygdaloidal trap in nodules, the crevices being filled with crystals of sulphate of lime, and there were many round balls of ironstone, like marbles or round shot, strewed about. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
• Euphotides, sometimes pure and covered with jasper, sometimes mixed with amphibole, hyperstein and grey limestone; (d) Pyroxenic porphyries with amygdaloides and zirconian syenites. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• Florida levels, still lingers; and presently, amid bits of syenite, volcanic tuff and scoria, she has found this nodule of amygdaloid. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873
• The binding of [(125)I]RTI 55 to DA transporter was significantly lower in the basal and central amygdaloid nuclei, whereas the binding of [(125)I]epidepride to D2/D3 receptors was significantly higher in the basal, central, and lateral amygdaloid nuclei in major depression compared with control subjects. LANC Chair Elections - Senator Brady Westwater
• Conclusion: Auditory cortex receives the neural projection from the ipsilateral amygdaloid nucleus in rats.
• This regular disposition of lithoid basaltic lava and feldsparry vitreous lava is analogous to the phenomena of all trappean mountains; it reminds us of those phonolites lying in very ancient basalts, those close mixtures of augite and feldspar which cover the hills of wacke or porous amygdaloids: but why are the porphyritic or feldsparry lavas of the Peak found only on the summit of the volcano? Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
• (d) Pyroxenic porphyries with amygdaloides and zirconian syenites. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
• TETZONTLI, porous amygdaloid lava, a stone much used for building in Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern