Gneiss
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Description:
A sample of gray and buff, highly feldspathic gneiss that is beginning to decompose by kaolinization. It was collected from the old Senate Street quarry, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Richland Co.; Columbia
- Site Number: NH35B
- Dimensions: H-4 W-9.3 D-9 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR111
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