Below: Feldspar showing basalt intrusion
Left: A porous rock, found in a few places on the mountain, is of completely different character than rocks surrounding it.
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| Smalls Mountain is located in the most mineralogically diverse region of the world -- the famous Oxford Hills of Maine. Over a thousand different minerals have been found in this area, including nearly all well-known gemstones. The rocks here are fascinating! | |||||||||||||||
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| Above: left- a "puddingstone," so-called because the stones embedded in the granite resemble raisins in pudding. right - mica schist, a striking, shiny type of rock, of which most of the mountain seems formed. Below: Feldspar showing basalt intrusion |
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| Above: This tree gree up the side of a ledge, hence it appears to be half a tree. Note the pieces of rock embedded within the trunk. Left: A porous rock, found in a few places on the mountain, is of completely different character than rocks surrounding it. |
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