A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Sugarloaf Arkose, Mount Tom, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
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| Description | This reddish-brown feldspathic sandstone contains sub-angular pebbles and grains of feldspar and glassy quartz in a silliceous, ferruginous cement. This specimen is 9.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Triassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Sugarloaf Arkose |
| Location | USA ▹ Massachusetts ▹ Hampshire. Mount Tom. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-03-22. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #50. |
| Key words | arkose, Massachusetts |
| Tech details | 1.35 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 239 |
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