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M-110

Layered Gneiss

Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Late Cretaceous
65.5 - 99.6

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 24 › Drawer B

medium-grained,quartzofeldspathic,augen

Plagioclase-quartz-amphibole-biotite-garnet-pyrite (trace). Gradation from schist to gneiss. Gneiss has a slight augen texture. Pyrite and garnets are in leucocratic bands. See also M-111.

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California
South end of the Coyote Mountains, Borrego Springs
Latitude: 33.304134°
Longitude: -116.299381°

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Theodore_GSAB_1970
Theodore, T. (1970) Petrogenesis of Mylonites of High Metamorphic Grade in the Peninsular Ranges of Southern California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 81, p. 435-450.