Sandstone

Title

Sandstone

Alternative Title

Coarse grained quartz-lithic sandstone

Identifier

FM-5

Description

Gray, medium to coarse grained quartz-rich lithic sandstone with rip up clasts and mud rich areas present.

Thin Section Fine, (.7-.1 mm) sub angular crystal fragments floating in mud matrix, with feldspar, quartz, and pyroxene present.

Date

Oct., 11, 2013

Contributor

Western Minerals, lnc.

Spatial Coverage

Alpnach, Germany

Temporal Coverage

Mesozoic

Accrual Method

Purchased from Western Minerals, Inc.

Number of Thin Sections

1