Cochise College         

                          Virtual Geology Field Trips

                          Roger Weller, geology instructor   

                          wellerr@cochise.edu
                         Geology Home Page

                                  copyright 2005-R.Weller


California
Mount Whitney
-Granite Features   
last edited:  8/18/2005    number of photos:  25 

 

aplite veins and dikes
aplite veins:  A  B
aplite veins cutting xenolith

 

exfoliation of granite
granite exfoliation:  A

fault surface
fault surface with epidote:  A  B


granite porphyry
granite porphyry:  A  B

large feldspar phenocryst in granite porphyry:  A

 

granodiorite
granodiorite:  A

sheared granodiorite:  A
 

coarse grained igneous rocks
graphic granite:  A
pegmatite:  A

joints in granite

joints in granite:  A  B

weathered joints in granite:  A

plant growing in joint

 

schlieren
schlieren in granite:  A  B  C 

soil

thin layer of soil:  A

 

xenoliths

xenoliths in granite:  A  B  C  D

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