A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Diorite gneiss, San Bernardino County, California |
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| Description | The light colored layers in this gneiss are mostly quartz and plagioclase, the dark colored layers get their color from hornblende and sphene (but also contain quartz and plagioclase). This specimen is 9 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ San Bernardino |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-04-26. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #193. |
| Key words | diorite, gneiss, California |
| Tech details | 733 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 431 |
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