Arkosic Graywacke

Title

Arkosic Graywacke

Alternative Title

Sandstone

Identifier

FR-2

Description

Grain size is fine sand to silty sand, mostly angular with some rounded crystals. Various shades of surficial weathering with distinct pockets of orange-brown oxydation. Fresh surfaces brown-green in color. Collected from same quarry as sample FR-1. (Thin Section FOV: 1.28mm)

Date

Not given

Contributor

Western Minerals, Inc.

Spatial Coverage

Collected from another part of the same
quarry as specimen FR-1.

Temporal Coverage

Mesozoic

Accrual Method

Purchased from Western Minerals, Inc.

Number of Thin Sections

1