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Manx Group sandstone

Description: Greenish grey, fine-grained, well-sorted, rounded grains, primarily of quartz. Very well cemented with a quartz cement. Massive with poorly-defined, "rusty" cleavage plains. Quartz veining.

Measurements: 3 1/4 inch x 2 3/4 inch x 1 1/4 inch

Taxonomic name: Manx Group: metaquartzite

Collection: Natural History Geology Collection

ID number: 1958-0290

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