A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Dolomitic limestone, Rochester, Monroe County, New York |
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| Description | Dolomite is both a rock name and a mineral name. The Lockport Dolomite is primarily made of the mineral dolomite, but it contains scattered quartz grains and local cavities that may be filled with dolomite, calcite, fluorite, sphalerite, or selenite (gypsum). This sample is 8.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Silurian (Niagaran) |
| Lithostratigraphy | Lockport Dolomite |
| Location | USA ▹ New York ▹ Monroe. Near Rochester. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-04-05. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #65. |
| Key words | dolomite, limestone, New York, Lockport Dolomite |
| Tech details | 1.14 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 300 |
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