A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Soapstone, Inyo County, California |
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| Description | This rock is mostly talc, but contains lesser amounts of plagioclase and quartz. Rocks of this sort are termed soapstone, becaus talc gives them a soapy (or greasy) feel. It formed by alteration/metamorphism, but the nature of the parent rock is uncertain. This sample is 8.5 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Inyo |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-04-26. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #199. |
| Key words | soapstone, California |
| Tech details | 719 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 437 |
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