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Complex structure in metamorphic rock

This is a cut and polished slab of gneiss, a high-grade metamorphic rock, in which the effects of shearing (upper part of photo) and folding (middle and lower right) are well defined. Scale: approx. 75 x 50 cm.

 

Copyright J.R. Devaney

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Uploaded on July 24, 2025
Taken on July 23, 2025