III.—On the Probable Pelean Origin of the Felsitic Slates of Snowdon, and their Metamorphism

Abstract
There are several kinds of acid volcanic rocks in Wales. In the X neighbourhood of Snowdon there are at least five kinds, as follows:1. There are undoubted lavas, showing lines of viscous flow and sometimes vesicular, and weathering into cubical blocks. Such may be seen on Crib Goch and on Crib Yddysgl, on Cerrig Cochion, and elsewhere. These rocks are rarely cleaved.2. There are rocks like the last as to fracture and mode of weathering, but which are neither viscous nor vesicular. They are probably masses of felsitic dust or mud. Such may be seen in Cwm Llan.3. There are also massive felstones, rudely cleaved, such as form Moel Meirch. and Clogwyn Llwyd.4. There are the so-called ashes of various kinds, usually wellbedded and often highly cleaved.5. Lastly, there are highly cleaved felsitic rocks, which show no lines of viscous flow, are generally unbedded, and which are in many places fragmentary.