Kōrero: Rock and mineral names

Greywacke under the microscope (2 o 2)

Greywacke under the microscope

This is a thin section (a microscope slice, 3 millimetres wide) of greywacke – an assortment of angular grains in a fine-grained clay. The clear grains are mainly quartz, while many of the cloudy grains are feldspar.

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GNS Science
Photograph by Nick Mortimer

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Simon Nathan, 'Rock and mineral names - Local names', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9065/greywacke-under-the-microscope (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006