| The granite contains several inliers of tonalitic gneiss, including the Chikwakwa gneisses. |
| It includes a variety of rocks, such as basalt, granite, gneiss, quartzite, slate, and schist. |
| It contains a variety of lithologies including augen gneiss, quartzite, amphibolite, calc-silicate, pelite and marble. |
| The sample is weakly banded amphibolite-facies gneiss consisting of quartz, plagioclase, biotite and hornblende. |
| The marble also contains thin bands and lenses of gneiss, often in boudinage structure. |
| Higher, steeper slopes of the Vosges have thin topsoil, with subsoils of weathered gneiss, granite, sandstone, schist, and volcanic sediments. |
