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: This rock is a diabase showing exfoliation, which may result as pressure on the rock decreases, causing it to expand very slightly. This expansion leads to the formationg of layers, or sheets. It is dark gray in color and brittle. It measures around 10 cm x 10 cm x 7 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Sep 2018
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Manssas Quarry, North America, United States, Virginia
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: EO401472
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections