Tonalite
A pebble that has arrived from the Adamello
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This rock is granite. The magma has solidified slowly and the minerals present have formed large crystals.
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Some crystals have altered over the time that passed between the release of the rock and its being deposited into the soil.
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In these images, each of the coloured fields is a different crystal.
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This granite pebble is probably tonalite originating in the Adamello area.
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The tonalite contains minerals such as: quartz, plagioclase and feldspar.
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The rock’s name derives from its conspicuous presence on the Tonale Pass, on the border between Val Camonica (Brescia) and Val del Sole (Trentino).
| Name: | Granodiorite or tonalite |
| Type of rock: |
Intrusive magmatic rock |
| Minerals: | Quartz, biotite, hornblende, plagioclase, alkaline feldspar. Chlorite, calcite, epidote, iron oxides, sericite, titanite alteration. |
| Fossils: | Absent |
| Location: | Lazise (N 45° 30′ 39.3″ E 010° 46′ 25.6″) |
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Formation (deposit): Formation (pebble): |
pebbles of the glacial deposits of the Sarca (morainic amphitheater of the Garda) unknown |
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Age (deposit): Age (pebble): |
Pleistocene (less than a million years) unknown |
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How the pebble was formed: How the rock was formed: |
on the front of a lowland glacier Adamello? |
Curiosity
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