GRD0009S0

I-9

Granite

Precambrian › Proterozoic › Mesoproterozoic › Stenian
1000.0 - 1200.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 15 › Drawer A

perthite

Eastern edge of Adirondacks (Grenville?). Original label: Graphite-bearing.

Lupulescu et al., 2016, Mineville-Ft. Henry field guide

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New York
Mineville
Latitude: 44.1°
Longitude: -73.5°

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Perthitic potassium feldspar

2.5

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD0009T0: 45% K-spar (perthitic), 30% quartz, 15% plagioclase (albite twinning), 10% hornblende, <1% garnet, <1% zircon (present as inclusions). (C.Eichler)

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