GRD01VOS0
M-201
Slate
Precambrian
542.0
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3850.0
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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 14 › Drawer F
fine-grained
Purple with reddish/orange veins (Fe-staining?). Earthy luster. Very small amphibole crystals (rare). Original description: argillite.
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California
Death Valley
Latitude: 36.5°
Longitude: -117.1°
GRD01VOT0: Large and small rounded quartz and quartzite grains in fine-grained matrix. Some of the large quartz have undulose extinction while others do not. Abundant small opaques. Some Fe-staining of the matrix in places. (C. Eichler)
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