GRD00NNS0

110-S12

Sandstone

Paleozoic › Permian
251.0 - 299.0

4

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 23 › Drawer I

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Original label: Coconino sandstone, Near middle, Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

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Arizona
Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon
Latitude: 36.06°
Longitude: -112.14°

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General texture of sample

5.0

plane

General texture of sample

5.0

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD00NNT0: 97% quartz, 2% potassium feldspar (tartan twinning), 1% opaques. Trace carbonate. Portions of the thin section are slightly more coarse-grained than others. (C. Eichler)

GRD00NNT1: 97% quartz, 2% potassium feldspar (tartan twinning), 1% opaques. Trace carbonate. Portions of the thin section are slightly more coarse-grained than others. (C. Eichler)

GRD00NNT2: 97% quartz, 2% potassium feldspar (tartan twinning), 1% opaques. Trace carbonate. Portions of the thin section are slightly more coarse-grained than others. (C. Eichler)

GRD00NNT3: 96% quartz, 2% potassium feldspar (tartan twinning), 1% pyroxene (?), 1% opaques. Trace carbonate. Portions of the thin section are slightly more coarse-grained than others. (C. Eichler)

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