Object ID:
1917.8.130
Collection:
Natural History-Ladies of New London
Object Name:
Schist
Dimensions:
H-0.7 W-3.7 L-3.8 cm
Description:
Quartz-sericite schist is a variety of the rock than contains a greater amount of the mineral than normal. Contains significant amounts of sericite (fine-grained muscovite or paragonite) and quartz. Layered and slightly foliated.
Other Name:
Quartz-Sericite-Schist
Rock Type:
Metamorphic
Found:
Egdehill, Pennsylvania
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