A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Nunda sandstone (Devonian), Portageville, Wyoming County, New York |
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| Description | This specimen is a light greenish, fine grained sandstone. The gray color is due to the cementing material. Fine grained quartz, orthoclase and plagioclase are cemented together by sericite, chlorite, clay, carbonate and some hematite. It is 9.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Devonian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Nunda Sandstone |
| Location | USA ▹ New York ▹ Wyoming. Near Portageville. |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-03-20. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #47. |
| Key words | Nunda, sandstone, Wyoming |
| Tech details | 869 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 201 |
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