Monday, March 27, 2023

24 Ord Crystal Mountain Debris Flow AGS

 

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  • ERA: Paleozoic
  • Period: Ordovician (wiki, alpha)
  • Epoch: Early
  • Age: 485-470 million years ago
  • Formation: Crystal Mountain
  • Lithology: Sandstone, Limestone, Shale
  • Original location: 34.662469,-93.103819
  • Donor organization: On permanent loan from Arkansas Geological Survey
  • Donor contact: Scott Ausbrooks / Angela Chandler
  • Financial support:
    • Mac and Karen McGilvery
    • Brent and Amy Boyd
  • Note: An example of a submarine mass transport block or olistolith. A rare representative of debris flow from the early Ordovician Crystal Mountain Sandstone which is a source of museum-quality quartz crystal clusters.

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