Shale
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Description:
A sample of dark gray, near black shale collected from Waterville, c. 1907. This specimen comes from the base of the upper division of the Marcellus formation (Devonian (Erian). A pencil notation reads, "The first fossil has [sic] Marcellus shale and about [?]."
- Site: NY; Oneida Co.
- Site Number: NH74M
- Era: Paleozoic
- Period: Devonian
- Rock type: Sedimentary
- Formation: Marcellus
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Sedimentary Rock
- Object Id: GR641
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