GRD00KCS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #22 of 769
GRD00KBS0 GRD00KDS0

IGSN:

GRD00KCS0

Sample ID:

110-S24

Sample Type:

Sandstone

Sample Age:

Cenozoic › Paleogene › Oligocene
23.0 - 33.9

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 2 › Drawer C

Modifiers:

Notes:

Sandstone is completely broken apart in glass jar. Clastic components. Green siltstone clasts. Calcite cement. Original label: Sandstone containing green siltstone clasts. Middle part of Sespe formation. 1954.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

California
Tapo Canyon, Simi Valley area
Latitude: 34.4°
Longitude: -118.7°

Photos:

N/A

Micrographs:

Notes:

Quartz and potassium feldspar grains

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Quartz and potassium feldspar grains

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD00KCT0: Large quartz and potassium feldspar (tartan twinning) grains. Occasional mica. Calcite matrix. (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

N/A

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