A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Dunite (olivine peridotite), Jackson County, North Carolina |
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| Description | This light green granular rock is composed almost entirely of glassy olivine. Small black grains of chromite and a few large flakes of pale mica are also present. It is from a quarry near Balsam, North Carolina. The sample is 8.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Early Paleozoic (?) |
| Location | USA ▹ North Carolina ▹ Jackson. Near Balsam. |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-03-20. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #41. |
| Key words | olivine, dunite, North Carolina |
| Tech details | 611 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 204 |
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