A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Graphite schist, near Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York |
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| Description | The Dixon Schist contains quartz and feldspar, and gets its schistosity from large flakes of shiny graphite mixed with muscovite. Local white calcite is present, but is probably of secondary origin. This is 9.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Precambrian (Grenville) |
| Lithostratigraphy | Dixon Schist |
| Location | USA ▹ New York ▹ Essex. Near Ticonderoga. |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-04-10. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #83. |
| Key words | graphite schist, graphite, Schist, New York, Dixon Schist |
| Tech details | 725 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 334 |
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