• Specimen Number

  30

• Description

  Broken slab of yellow rust-stained, buff-colored  firmly cemented quartz sandstone (?) or quartzite (?). The grains are too strongly bonded to pry apart.  Closeup clearly shows granular texture and purity.

• Classification

   Sedimentary. Sandstone.  Quartz arenite.  An alternative classification is quartzite with a low grade. I can't differentiate these without a thin section.

• Location & Occurrence

  Unknown

• Geologic Age

  Unknown

• Geoheritage

  Unknown

• Links

  Link to State Geological Map from USGS.  Link to New York State Museum (Geology).

• Other

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