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Table 6.1 – Evolution in nomenclature of granite and related intrusive rocks in Hong Kong. Precise correlations not intended.

Brock & Schofield (1926)	Williams et al., (1945) Davis (1952)	Allen & Stephens (1971)	Addison (1986) Strange & Shaw (1986) Langford et al. (1989) Strange et al. (1990) Langford et al. (1995) Lai et al. (1996)	Sewell et al. (1997)			Campbell & Sewell (1997)			This Account
Rocky Harbour	Granite and Syenite	Granophyric Microgranite	Dacite	LION ROCK SUITE	SUBGROUP III	Kwun Tong Granite Mount Butler Granite South Lamma Granite Stanley Granite Chi Ma Wan Granite Kowloon Grantie	LION ROCK SUITE	6	Luk Chau Granite Fan Lau Granite Sok Kwu Wan Granite	LION ROCK SUITE	GRANITIC' SUBSUITE	Mount Butler Granite Po Toi Granite Kowloon Granite Fan Lau Granite Sok Kwu Wan Granite
	Dykes	Granophyric Microgranite
		Needle Hill Granite
								5	Pyramid Hill Qtz Monz. Joss Hse. Bay Qtz Monz. Tong Fuk Qtz Monz. Kwun Tong Granite Mount Butler Granite Po Toi Granite Kowloon Granite
											MONZONITIC' SUBSUIT	Tei Tong Tsui Quartz Monzonite Tong Fuk Quartz Monzonite D'Aguilar Quartz Monzonite
		Hong Kong Granite	Quartzphyric Rhyolite
			Quartzphyric Rhyolite		SUBGROUP II	D'Aguilar Syenite Sha Tin Granite Lantau Granite
			Feldsparphyric Rhyolite
								4	Pui O Cape D'Aguilar	CHEUNG CHAU SUITE		Luk Keng Quartz Monzonite Shan Tei Tong Rhyodacite Chi Ma Wan Granite Shui Chuen O Granite
Hong Kong	Porphyry							4	Pui O Cape D'Aguilar
	Porphyry							3	Luk Keng Qtz Monzonite Rhyodacite Chi Ma Wan Granite South Lamma Granite
	Granite	Quartz Monzonite	Feldsparphyric Rhyodacite
Lantau	Porphyritic Granite	Dyke Swarm
	Porphyritic Granite	Dyke Swarm						2	Sha Tin Granite Lantau Dyke II Lantau Dyke I Needle Hill Granite Tsing Yi Granite	KWAI CHUNG SUITE		Sha Tin Granite East Lantau Rhyolite East Lantau Rhyodacite Needle Hill Granite Sham Chung Rhyolite South Lamma Granite Hok Tsui Rhyolite
	Prophyritic Syenite	Fan Lau Porphyritic Granite	Fine-grained Granite		SUBGROUP I	Tai Lam Granite Tsing Shan Granite
	Prophyritic Syenite	Ma On Shan Granite	Fine-to Medium-grained Granite
D'Anguilar Syenite		Cheung Chau Granite	Fine-to Medium-grained Granite
			Medium-grained Granite
			Medium-grained Granite				LAMMA SUIT	1B	Tai Lam Granite Tsing Shan Granite Chek Lap Kok Granite Ma Wan Granite	LAMMA SUIT	A-TYPE' SUBSUITE	Tai Lam Granite Tsing Shan Granite Chek Lap Kok Granite Chek Mun Rhyolite
			Coarse-grained Granite	LAMMA SUIT		Sung Kong Granite Tai Po Granodiorite		1B			A-TYPE' SUBSUITE
			Quartz Syenite and Quartz Monzonite					1A	Soko Granite Waglan Granite Lantau Granite Tai Po Granodiorite		I-TYPE' SUBSUIT	Lantau Granite Tai Po Granodiorite
		Sung Kong Granite	Quartz Syenite and Quartz Monzonite
Tai Po Granodiorite			Granodiorite