Volcanic Breccia Sample

Object/Artifact

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Volcanic Breccia Sample

Entry/Object ID

MWM2017.0007.0002

Description

Small hand-sampled piece of breccia rock. Sample belongs to a group of rocks known as the Moat Volcanics. Breccia rocks are are well exposed in the Moat Mountains near North Conway. This breccia sample is about 170 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.

Collection

Geology

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

2 in

Width

3 in

Length

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Breccia rock is aproxemantly 2.0 inches by 3.0 by 5.5 inches

Condition

Notes

Breccia has not noticible damages

General Notes

Note

Status Date: 2020-07-07 Scan ID#: WM201800673