Pegmatite
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Description:
A sample of pegmatite that contains rust-stained quartz, massive green augite, irregular pink garnet, and black horn blende - is partly schistose. It was collected from the Ross Mine, 1.5 miles northeast of Gaffney, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Cherokee Co.
- Site Number: NH44
- Dimensions: H-19.2 W-14.4 D-12.3 cm
- Rock type: Igneous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Igneous Rock
- Object Id: GR501
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