Igneous

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Age: 
1700 millions years

Russia, Amur region, Haikta river valley, Berezite gold mine. Porphyry biotite-hornblende granodiorites. Granodiorites form a large Haiktinsky massif. A characteristic feature of granodiorites is the greenish color of plagioclase and the rocks themselves, due to the processes of chlorination, epidotization and carbonatization, accompanied by co-securitization and seritization of plagioclase. Pozdnestanovoy complex. Paleoproterozoic.

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Age: 
400 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kyzylkol river valley. Basaltic lava with interlayers of jasper, breccia, siltstones, schists. Kyzylkol'skaya series. Lower - middle Devonian. Pragian, Emsian, Eifelian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
400 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kyzylkol river valley. Basaltic lava with interlayers of jasper, breccia, siltstones, schists. Kyzylkol'skaya series. Lower - middle Devonian. Pragian, Emsian, Eifelian.

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Age: 
0 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kyzylkol river gorge. Elbrus-Kazbek andesite-dacite-rhyolite volcanic complex. Dacitic lavas, breccia, tuffs. The fourth phase of the complex. Holocene.

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Age: 
0 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kyzylkol river gorge. Elbrus-Kazbek andesite-dacite-rhyolite volcanic complex. Dacitic lavas, breccia, tuffs. The fourth phase of the complex. Holocene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
1 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Malka river valley, Syltran-su waterfall. Elbrus-Kazbek andesite-dacite-rhyolite volcanic complex. In the foreground - dacitic lavas, breccia, tuffs. The third phase of the complex. Upper Pleistocene.

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Age: 
3 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, mount Tuzluk. Remnant of tuffs of rhyolite composition. Pliocene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
338 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Harbas river valley. Pink biotite granites. Massif. Consist: plagioclase, microcline, quartz, biotite, muscovite. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.

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Age: 
61 millions years

Great Britain, , Northern Ireland, Giant's Causeway. Basalt. Paleogene. Paleocene.

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Age: 
0 millions years

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, mountain Elbrus. Elbrus-Kazbek andesite-dacite-rhyolite volcanic complex. Dacitic lavas, breccia, tuffs. The fourth phase of the complex. Holocene.