Outcrop and Hand Sample Photos and Videos

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There are at least two conglomerate beds in this outcrop.  These images show the conglomerate with the larger (cm-sized) clast size.

The videos below show both the larger and smaller clast sizes.

Thin Section Photos and Videos

Click on the image to make it larger. 1st = plane polarized light; 2nd = cross-polarized light.

The thin section images are from the smaller clast size conglomerate.  This close-up shows clasts of quartzite (top), k-feldspar/granite (bottom right), and shale (bottom left).  There are also volcanic clasts in these rocks.  The volcanics are from the Mount Rogers complex – remember this from the history of magmatism in VA?

Entire thin section scan. 1st = ppl; 2nd = xpl. Click on the image to make it larger.

The shale clast is on the left – it’s the darker clast.  Other rounded clasts can be seen in ppl and xpl.