Metamorphic Rock
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, marble
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1222
- Description
- Low grade metamorphic rock. Marble with several quartz veins running through it. Pyrite associated with the quartz has weathered resulting in a coating of iron oxide on the marble/limestone surface. Weathering of the pyrite has also resulted in the etching of the quartz.
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- Title
- Metamorphic Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, marble
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 5.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- Low grade metamorphic rock. Marble with several quartz veins running through it. Pyrite associated with the quartz has weathered resulting in a coating of iron oxide on the marble/limestone surface. Weathering of the pyrite has also resulted in the etching of the quartz.
- Subject
- Num-ti-jah Lodge
- Jimmy Simpson
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1222
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