Outcrops are seldom more than a few hundred feet long and thicknesses of more than 20 feet are unusual.
Roof pendant pinnacles.
The intrusions that most commonly contain roof pendants are relatively shallow stocks or batholiths.
Pinnacles and pendants make roseland cottage distinctive aug 1 2013 a preservation project on the roof of roseland cottage in woodstock connecticut is making way for the restoration of two of its notable architectural features.
Roof pendant downward extension of the surrounding rock that protrudes into the upper surface of an igneous intrusive body.
In structural geology a roof pendant which also known as a pendant is a mass of country rock that projects downward into and is entirely surrounded by an igneous intrusion such as a batholith or other pluton in lay terminology sometimes rock hat is used.
The crystalline limestone is slightly more resistant.
The roof pendants occur as isolated pieces of the surrounding rock within the intrusive mass.