California-
Mount Whitney-Granite Features
Cochise College
California-
Mount Whitney-Granite Features
Virtual
Geology Field Trips
Virtual Geology
Museum
Geology Home Page
Roger Weller, geology instructor
wellerr@cochise.edu copyright 2008-R.Weller
photos
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
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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College.