Granofels Sample

Object/Artifact

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Granofels Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0011

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of granofels. This sample belongs to a group of rocks known as the Madrid Formation. This granofels is a metamorphic rock which possesses a granular texture. This rock contains both small pointy grains of amphibole, and larger rounded grains of granites which stick out of the rock's face. 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

Amphibole

Dimensions

Height

3/4 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

This granofels is about 3/4 by 6 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches.

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800681