Diorite
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Description:
A possible sample of gray diorite however the identification is tentative. Earle Sloan referred to it as a "very hard rock." Collected from Flint Hill, Old Darwin Mine, 11 miles southeast of Gaffney, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Cherokee Co.
- Site Number: NH44
- Dimensions: H-3.1 W-4.3 D-5.8 cm
- Rock type: Igneous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Igneous Rock
- Object Id: GR741
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