Title | K-feldspar crystals in granite, Sierra Nevada Batholith, near Lone Pine, California |
Description | The granite of the Sierra Nevada Batholith varies in texture and appearance. In some place it contains large megacrysts of K-feldspar, sometimes larger than the ones shown here. |
Geologic province | Sierra Nevada |
Location | USA ▹ California. Near Lone Pine. View on the John Muir Trail, near Cottonwood Pass. |
Photographer | Dexter Perkins. 2002-01-27. |
Collection | JMT-8. |
Key words | granite, K-feldspar, Sierra Nevada, California |
Tech details | 626 KB. Outcrop. Olympus LT. |
GeoDIL number | 2210 |
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