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  • Collection: (ADK) Anorthosite-Charnockite and Metamorphic Suite --
    Adirondack Mountains, New York

Woolen Mill gabbro
This specimen is representative of the pyroxene-plagioclase granulites that form from gabbros in the Adirondacks. This famous locality has been discussed, with analyses, by Buddington, 1939, Analysis 64L Table 15, and also in deWaard's 1965 type…

Wollastonite-garnet-diopside
This unique rock contains white crystalline wollastonite, brown grains of andradite garnet, and green diopside. Specimens courtesy of R.R. Bauer, plant manager of NYCO MInes (1980). McLelland reports some grossularite in addition to andradite.

The…

Two-pyroxene-plagioclase granulite
The Sacandaga Formation consists of a well layered series of dark granulites (AD-12) and leucogneisses (AD-13). Orthopyroxene is generally present in greater quantity than clinopyroxene. It is not known whether these rocks are metasedimentary or…

Two Pyroxene-spinel metagabbro
The locality near Northville, NY represents the only example of this assemblage that has been encountered to date (1980) in the Adirondacks. The original lithology is that of a typical olivine metagabbro. During granulite facies metamorphism,…

Tennantville gabbroic anorthosite
This medium grained facies is one of a number of anorthositic sheets that intrude throughout the stratigraphic section of the southern Adirondacks. A chemical analyses of specimens from this outcrop yield results that are almost identical with…

Sillimanite-garnet-quartz-feldspar gneiss
This specimen is extremely rich in sillimanite. European geologists refer to such lithologies as "khondolites." This locality is very near some of the old graphite production sites west of Hague.
Thin section shows sillimanite, garnet, k-feldspar.

Sillimanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-plagioclase gneiss
The predominant lithology of the Peck Lake Formation is a sillimanite-garnet-biotite-quartz-oligoclase gneiss with pods and lenses consisting of two feldspars and quartz (anatectic?). The lithology is widespread throughout the Adirondacks and may…

Quartzite
This specimen is typical of the 5-10 foot thick coarse grained layers of glassy quartzites that comprise this formation. In most instances the quartzites are about 90% quartz. Feldspar and garnet are encountered locally. This is presumed to be the…

Quartz-microcline-diopsite gneiss
This specimen displays an unusual and distinctive lithology that occurs primarily in lower, marble-rich units (for example, the Cedar River Formation).
Thin section shows quartz, K-feldspar and clinopyroxene.

Pyroxene-quartz-plagioclase gneiss
This specimen consists of 50-60% andesine, 20-30% quartz, and minor pyroxene and hornblende. Associated with this lithology are 2-6 inch layers of pyroxene-plagioclase granulite and amphibolite. It is believed that the Royal Mountain Member gneiss…

Orthopyroxene gabbro
This specimen is typical of the saturated gabbros of the Adirondacks. The plagioclases are generally in the range of Anâ‚„â‚€ and the orthopyroxenes average close to En₆₀. Antiperthite is locally developed. Scattered grains of ilmenite and garnet…

Megacrystic potassium feldspar gneiss
This lithology is characterized by 1-4 inch long megacrysts of microperthite in a groundmass of quartz, oligoclase, hornblende, orthopyroxene, garnet, and oxide. Although the contacts of this unit are everywhere conformable, the rock is believed to…

Marble
This calcite marble is typical of most Adirondack metacarbonates. In the majority of instances, original dolomite has reacted to yield calcsilicates. Also present in these specimens are small, serpentinized droplets which may originally have been…

Mangerite-charnockite
This specimen is typical of the metaigneous charnockitic rocks associated with the massif anorthosites in the Adirondacks. With variation in the quantity of modal quartz, the rock qualifies as either a charnockite or a mangerite. Quartz content is…

Garnetiferous olivine metagabbro
This specimen is typical of the olivine metagabbros that occur throughout the Adirondacks. These rocks are of great petrologic interest for they contain classic examples of garnet coronas and spinel-clouded plagioclase. Note the preservation of…

Garnetiferous leucogneiss
This rock type is characteristic of the light colored layers in the Sacandaga Formation. The mineralogy consists of garnet, feldspar, and quartz. Occasionally, sillimanite and skeletal oxides occur. Both plagioclase and microcline are present. Quartz…

Garnetiferous amphibolite
This specimen is similar to the famous garnet deposits at Barton Mines at Gore Mountain. The garnets at Gore Mountain can attain diameters of 3 feet. At the Speculator road cut, garnet of 8-10 inches in diameter have been found, but smaller examples…

Fayalite-ferrohedenbergite-mesoperthite granite
This granite post-dates deformation and metamorphism. Silver got a U/Pb zircon age of 1125 Ma. This is a most unusual rock type. This rock has small quantities of fayalitic olivine and ferrohedenbergite that occur with mesoperthite and quartz. It…

Diopsidite
Pods and lenses of green diopsidite commonly occur along with the marbles. They are often composed of over 90% diopside.
Thin section contains diopside.

Coarse anorthosite
This coarse-grained specimen is typical of the massive, homogeneous anorthosite that occurs within the Marcy Massif and underlies the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks. The anorthosite from Route 3 is best represented by analyses 5-L and 8, Table…
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