Gneiss
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Description:
A sample of gneiss containing white quartz and likely feldspar with tiny black inclusions, likely hornblende and no apparent layering. Collected from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at General Meade's headquarters in 1954.
- Site: PA; Adams Co.
- Site Number: NH73U
- Dimensions: H-15.801 W-13.602 D-6.8 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR921
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