Conway Granite Sample

Object/Artifact

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Conway Granite Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0010

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of Conway Granite. This type of granite is found at, and makes up, the Whitehorse Ledge. This sample is about 180 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

3 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

4 in

Dimension Notes

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

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800680