A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Garnet-wollastonite skarn, Willsboro, NY, USA |
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| Description | This sample is about 10 cm across. It is a metamorphic rock formed by contact metamorphism of Grenville-aged (Precambrian) limestone. Macroscopic minerals are white, coarse wollastonite, dark brown-red andraditic garnet and speckles of light green diopside. This sample comes from the eastern side of the Adirondack Mountains, New York. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian |
| Geologic province | Grenville |
| Location | USA ▹ New York ▹ Essex. Near Willsboro. |
| Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2000. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #75. |
| Key words | skarn, garnet, wollastonite, Grenville, Precambrian, New York, Willsboro |
| Tech details | 159 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 16 |
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