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SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA
SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA

SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF) FROM THE WILSON CREEK RANGE, NEVADA

$ 5.8

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    Description

    THIS IS A
    LARGE HAND SPECIMEN OF IGNIMBRITE (WELDED TUFF).
    THE SPECIMEN IS
    APPROXIMATELY 11 X 8 X 7 cm
    .  IT
    WEIGHS 679.2 gm.
    THE SPECIMEN IS FROM
    MT. WILSON SUMMIT, WILSON CREEK RANGE, LINCOLN CO., NEVADA
    .  IGNIMBRITE IS A VOLCANIC (EXTRUSIVE) IGNEOUS ROCK.  IGNIMBRITE IS COMPOSED GLASSY SHARDS, LAPALLI PUMICE AND XENOLITHS OF OTHER ROCKS CAUGHT UP IN THE PYROCLASTIC FLOW.  THE EXTRUSIVE MATERIAL WAS HOT ENOUGH TO LITHIFY (FUSE INTO A SOLID ROCK).  THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE IGNIMBRITE THAT OCCURS IN EASTERN NEVADA FROM SOUTHERN IDAHO ALL THE WAY TO SOUTHERN NEVADA .
    EXCELLENT FOR THE CLASSROOM
    .  SEE PICTURES.  I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE.  THANKS FOR LOOKING.