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Russia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Honey waterfalls. Pink biotite granites. Consist: plagioclase, microcline, quartz, biotite, muscovite. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.

Granite

Submitted 4 years 4 months ago by rock.

Rock type:

Igneous

Age:

338 millions years

Tags:

Granite, plagioclase, biotite, quartz, microcline, Carboniferous, muscovite, Massif

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Harbas river valley. Pink biotite granites. Massif. Consist: plagioclase, microcline, quartz, biotite, muscovite. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.

Sandstone

Submitted 4 years 4 months ago by rock.

Rock type:

Sedimentary

Age:

194 millions years

Tags:

Sandstone, Siltstone, mudstone, coal, Granite, Jurassic, Sinemurian, Carboniferous, Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctata Sow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astarte subtetragona Minst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam), Nucula cf. palmae Sow.

Russia, Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Harbas river valley. Quartz sandstones, with intercalations of siltstones and mudstones. At the base - coal layers. Khumarrinskaya series. Thickness 240 meters. Fossil: Velopecten rollei Tate, Lima punctataSow., Circostylus euomphalus Quenst., Leda (Dacryomya) cf. graphica Tate, Astrate subtetragona Munst., Parallelodon aff. similis Terq., Hinnites sp. ind. (cf. davoei Dam.), Nucula cf. palmae Sow. Lower Jurassic. Sinemurian.

In the second photo, at the bottom of the cliff - granites. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.

Serpentenite

Submitted 4 years 5 months ago by rock.

Rock type:

Metamorphic

Age:

340 millions years

Tags:

Serpentenite, Massif, Apophysis, harzburgite, Carboniferous, Mississippian, Paleozoic

Russia, Caucasus, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Khasaut River Valley. Apoharzburgite serpentinites. Apophysis of serpentinite massif. Lower Carboniferous, Mississippian?

Limestone

Submitted 4 years 6 months ago by rock.

Rock type:

Sedimentary

Age:

148 millions years

Tags:

Limestone, Jurassic, Tithonian, siliceous nodules, Granite, biotite, quartz, plagioclase, muscovite, microcline, Carboniferous

Russia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Honey waterfalls. Layered dolomitic limestones with siliceous nodules containing horizon. In limestones, a large number of bryozoans, brachiopods and pelecipods. Jurassic. Tithonian.

At the bottom of the cliff - granites. Pink biotite granites. Consist: plagioclase, microcline, quartz, biotite, muscovite. Malinskiy granite complex. Carboniferous.