Graniteville Granite

Title

Graniteville Granite

Identifier

SFM-23

Description

Hand Sample: Holocrystalline, medium-grained phaneritic granite with smoky quartz, potassium feldspar, and biotite
Thin Section, XPL: 40% medium-to-fine grained subhedral quartz, 30% fine-grained plagioclase, 30% medium-grained euhedral alkali feldspar

Date

1/20/1969

Contributor

Western Minerals, Inc.

Spatial Coverage

St. Francois Mountains Batholith, Missouri

Accrual Method

Purchased from Western Minerals, Inc.

Number of Thin Sections

2