Porphyritic Diabase

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Description:
A sample of porphyritic diabase that is gray with white phenocrysts and tiny flecks of gold collected from Haile Mine, Lynches Creek, 3.8 miles north 51? east of Kershaw, c. 1900.
- Site: SC; Lancaster Co.
- Site Number: NH42
- Dimensions: H-3 W-8 D-3 cm
- Rock type: Igneous
- Collection: Geology Collection
- Object Name: Igneous Rock
- Object Id: GR186
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