GRD00VNS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #1109 of 5779
GRD00VMS0 GRD00VOS0

IGSN:

GRD00VNS0

Sample ID:

S-171

Sample Type:

Quartz Sandstone

Sample Age:

Paleozoic › Cambrian
488.0 - 542.0

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 23 › Drawer F

Modifiers:

Notes:

red sandstone, Potsdam Sandstone, Cambrian

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

New York
Potsdam
Latitude: 44.67°
Longitude: -74.99°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Rounded quartz grains

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Rounded quartz grains

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Labelled 59

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Labelled 59

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Broken slide

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Broken slide

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Thin Sections:

GRD00VNT0: Broken. 98% quartz, small rounded zircons (? high relief, faintly pleochroic) (C. Eichler)

GRD00VNT1: Labeled 59: 100% rounded quartz grains (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

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