Metamorphic Rock
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.03.1279
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, calcite
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1279
- Description
- Metamorphic rock with large bluish calcite crystals and spinel (green). This is a contact metamorphic rock - a high degree of metamorphism has taken place. An impure limestone would have been right at the interface of an igneous intrusion, resulting in the formation of large crystals.
1 image
- Title
- Metamorphic Rock
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- stone, calcite
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 5.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Metamorphic rock with large bluish calcite crystals and spinel (green). This is a contact metamorphic rock - a high degree of metamorphism has taken place. An impure limestone would have been right at the interface of an igneous intrusion, resulting in the formation of large crystals.
- Subject
- Num-ti-jah Lodge
- Jimmy Simpson
- geology
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- 112.03.1279
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.