Gneiss
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Description:
A sample of gneiss that contains gray quartz and feldspar with a mica listed as biotite collected from the forest of Thuringia, town of Ruhla in the district of Wartburgkreis, Germany.
- Site: Europe; Germany
- Site Number: NH8B
- Dimensions: H-1.8 W-5.3 D-6.9 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR464
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