Welded Tuff Sample

Object/Artifact

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Welded Tuff Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0016

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of welded tuff. This sample is about 170 million years old, made from ash deposits from a volcanic eruption. Volcanic rocks like this welded tuff make up the Moat Mountain range near North Conway. 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

Breccia

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

3-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

This welded tuff is about 3 3/4 by 3 1/2 by 3 1/4 inches

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800687