Rusty Schist Sample

Object/Artifact

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Rusty Schist Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0008

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of rusty schist. This sample is part of the group of rocks known as the Smalls Falls Formation. This rock gets its name because it contains minerals like pyrite hich are made of iron sulfide; when oxygen attacks these minerals, it turnes them into iron oxide which is rust. This sample is about 420 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

Schist

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

8-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

This rusty schist is about 1 1/2 by 3 1/5 by 8 3/4 inches.

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800679