A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hornfels, Riverside County, California, USA |
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| Description | Hornfels is a general term describing a fine-grained metamorphic rock that displays no metamorphic fabric. Hornfels typically forms by contact metamorphism. This sample was originally a mudstone or shale, but recrystallized somewhat during metamorphism. The degree of metamorphism was quite low. The sample is about 10 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Riverside County |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-22. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #170. |
| Key words | hornfels, California |
| Tech details | 741 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 503 |
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