A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Fountain Formation (Pennsylvanian-Permian quartz pebble conglomerate) |
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| Description | This rock consists of rounded pebbles of milky quartz and lithic (rock) fragments with coarse sand grains between. The cement is silica. This specimen is 9.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Pennsylvanian-Permian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Fountain Formation |
| Location | USA ▹ Colorado ▹ Fremont |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-03-20. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #44. |
| Key words | Fountain Formation, Colorado, conglomerate |
| Tech details | 795 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 207 |
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