Gneiss

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Description:
A sample of gneiss with black biotite, pink feldspar, and white quartz; a dark specimen, "somewhat porphyritic" collected from the old Senate Street quarry, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Richland Co.; Columbia
- Site Number: NH35B
- Dimensions: H-2.8 W-8.4 D-12.3 cm
- Rock type: Metamorphic
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Metamorphic Rock
- Object Id: GR106
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