A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Pumice, Millard County, Utah |
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| Description | This specimen is composed of fine whitish glass and many vesicles. Microscope examination shows it to have a rather eveny texture with strong orientation of elongate glass particles intermixed with spheroidal and irregular turbid dark glass pieces. A few spherulites have crystallized. This sample is 11.5 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Tertiary |
| Location | USA ▹ Utah ▹ Millard. Near Black Rock. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman. 2001-02-13. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #9. |
| Key words | pumice, Utah |
| Tech details | 674 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 50 |
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