Igneous Rock Diabase
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: A. Blankenbicker
label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: These specimens are examples of a diabase with an apophyllite vein. Apophyllite is a phyllosilicate mineral, which can be seen in the white and pale green vein intruding in a line in each fragment. Each fragment measures around 13 cm x 5.5 cm x 4 cm in size or less.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Aug 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Manssas Quarry, North America, United States, Virginia, Prince William County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Igneous Rock Diabase
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401517
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections