Schist Sample

Object/Artifact

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Schist Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0004

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of schist rock. This sample is part of a group of rocks known as the Littleton Formation and is about 400 million years old. This rock has a foliation of both micas, and siny red garnets. Collected by two well-trained geology students for the 2014 "Beyond Granite" exhibition at MWM. Part of a complete (or at least comprehensive) hand-sample collection of all the rocks of the White Mountains.

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2017.0007

Source or Donor

Sarah Garlick/ Museum of the White Mountains

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Rocks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Schist

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Length

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

This schist is about 2.0 by 3 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches.

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800675