Ultramafic Serpentine
Object Details
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Notes
- This specimen is Ultramafic Serpentine. Serpentine gets its name from the snakeskin appearance of the surface of the rock. This specimen measures 9.8 cm x 13.3 cm x 7.3 cm.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 13 Mar 2024
- USNM Number
- EO45329
- Discipline
- Mineral Sciences
- Region
- US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Collecting Locality
- Rockville Crushed Stone Quarry, North America, United States, Maryland, Montgomery County
- Scientific Name
- Ultramafic Serpentine
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10024656
