K-feldspar Granite, Blue Ridge
August 5, 2016 by ·
A Resource for Information on the Commonwealth's Geology
When large quantities of magma intrude and solidify in the Earth’s crust they form bodies of intrusive igneous rock known as plutons. The featured image nicely illustrates the edge (geologic contact) of a granitic pluton in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central Virginia. The granite is part of the 706 ± 4 million year old […]
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