Gneiss
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Description:
A sample of gneiss that contains white quartz and feldspar with a considerable amount of biotite and one surface is all schist. It was collected from Broad River, Nesbitt's Island, 3.5 miles northwest of Blacksburg, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Cherokee Co.
- Site Number: NH44
- Dimensions: H-14.6 W-15.5 D-3.1 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR409
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