Vinalhaven Metarhyolite (blue banded)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1990
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1386 (Vinalhaven Metarhyolite): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1386 (Vinalhaven Metarhyolite)
label: Notes
content: Vinalhaven Rhyolite, also known as Banded Spherulitc Rhyolite or BSR, is a light gray, lavender, dark brown to black, banded rhyolite. It has inclusions of fibers of smoky quartz, quartz, and feldspar. It has a coarse to smooth texture. Deposits are vast, continuous bedrock outcrops.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Silurian/Devonian, Form- Vinalhaven, Member- Upper Vinalhaven
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Vinalhaven Island, Hancock County, Maine; For sources on the island see Bork et al 1984
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Susquehanna tradition, Turner Farm and other sites in Maine.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Vinalhaven (town), Vinalhaven County, Maine, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071475
label: USNM Number
content: A598518-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone