Mount Osceola Granite Sample

Object/Artifact

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Mount Osceola Granite Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0007

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of Mount Osceola Granite. This granite was formed in a similar time period as Conway Granite. This was a time when volcanoes stretched across the White Mountains. These granites formed as molten material cooled and hardened beneath the volcanoes. This sample is about 185 million years old. 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

Granite

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

3 in

Length

3-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

This Mount Osceola Granite is about 2 1/2 by 3 by 2 1/4 inches.

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800678