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Description: | The specimen has a fine grained pale grey matrix of metmorphosed mudstones, known as Schist. The mineral alingnment provides a strong schistosity to the surface of the rock with some iron staining. The large minerals within the matrix are dark red Almandine Garnet's with an hexagonal structure. The specimen has two flat faces and a thin cross section.
A specimen of Garnet Mica Schist from Norway | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Dudley Museums Service | Rights holder: | Dudley Museums Service | Subjects: | Geology | Temporal: | Unknown | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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