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1   ANDESITE-Steins Pass NM Laramide flow

 2   ANORTHOSITE-white coarse grained plagioclase Mt

3   APALITE-fine pink Co

4  BASALT-olivine La Bajada Hill NM Quarternary

5  BASALT-scoriaceous NM Recent flow

 6  BRECCIA-volcanic light grey Co

 7  BRECCIA-marble variegated Italy

 8  BRECCIA-sedimentary Ca

  9  BRECCIA-andesite grey Co

10 BRECCIA-chert in silica dolomite matrix OK

 11  BRECCIA-volcanic light grey Co

 12  BRECCIA-basalt Lane county Or

 13 BRECCIA-volcanic La county Ca

 14BRECCIA- chert marble excellent pink and black contrast

15 BRECCIA-flourite quartz Zuni mt NM

16 BRECCIA-gey hert in daek grey matrix Ok

 17 BRECCIA-volcanic Alboroto gp miocene Co

 18 CHARNOKITE-coarse w/pyroxene,ilmenite,plag and k-spar

 19 CHERT-grey brown conchodial fracture Cretaceous Tx

 20 CONGLOMERATE-polymictic 1/2" pebbles qtz,flourite,lmst.

 21 CONGLOMERATE-kame NY

 22 CONGLOMERATE-qrtz Tertiary Ogallala fm NM

 23 CONGLOMERATE-red jasper grey matrix SD

24 CONGLOMERATE-arkosic large pebbles gnt in ss

25 CONGLOMERATE-quartz San Diego county Ca

26 CORDIERITE-hornfels Mt.

27 DACITE-Or.

28 DIABASE-coarse grained xcellent black pyroxene needles Ca.

29 DIOPSIDE-assorted

30 DIORITE-grey horneblende & biotite Ca

31 DOLOMITE-variegated "Kona" dolomite Mi.

32 DOLOMITE-Ellenberger gp  grey to purplish medium grain Tx

33 DUNITE-dense granular olivine/chromite NC

34 ECOLGITE-massive ith garnet and chlorite Ca

35 EPIDOTITE-Pewabic mine NM

36 GABBRO-orbicular pyroxene plaioclase in fine grained matrix Nc

37 GNEISS-augen gneiss white augen in biotite gneiss Id

38 GNEISS-sillimanite arnet gneiss NY

39 GNEISS-augen gneiss pink and greybanded good augen NY

40 GRANITE-grey muscovite and biotite Mt

41 GRANITE-hypersthene with garnet India

42 GRANITE-biotite medium grey Vt

43 GRANODIORITE- common

44 LATITE-ignimbrite quartz latite NM Sugarlump tuff

45 LATITE-fine grained grey green weathered NM

46 LIMESTONE-fossiliferous Cretaceous molds Tx

47 LIMESTONE-oolitic Silurian Ms

48 LIMESTONE-shell buff Austin marble Tx

49 LIMESTONE-"shelly "pearly shell Ny

50 LIMESTONE-dolomitic MN