Title
Marble
Identifier
DUCO-14
Description
Metamorphised Briarcliff dolostone with visible micas. Contains diopside, tremollite, and phlogopite. At the metamorphic grade of the first sillimanite isograd.
Thin section shows irregular dolomite grains in the center, with pleochroic phlogopite at top and tremolite at bottom.
Thin section shows irregular dolomite grains in the center, with pleochroic phlogopite at top and tremolite at bottom.
Contributor
Western Minerals
Is Part Of
<a href="http://geosciencecollections.milne-library.org/collections/show/18">Barrovian Metamorphic Sequence--Dutchess County, New York</a>
Spatial Coverage
Dutchess Co., NY
Accrual Method
Purchased from Western Minerals Inc.
Unit
Barrovian Metamorphic Sequence
Number of Thin Sections
1