What kind of rock is it?

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What kind of rock is it?

Postby aaronhart » Sun May 05, 2013 10:59 am

Climbing at kingston crag yesterday and i was left puzzled with what kind of rock it was. Any ideas? and gondola point crag same kind of rock?
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Re: What kind of rock is it?

Postby Greg » Mon May 06, 2013 7:42 am

aaronhart wrote:Climbing at kingston crag yesterday and i was left puzzled with what kind of rock it was. Any ideas? and gondola point crag same kind of rock?

The rock at Kingston Crag is rhyolite. There may be some basalt on the left side (Glooscap, Agamemnon) and there is some quartz mixed in on Medusa. Most of the cliffs on the peninsula are rhyolite including Hampton Marsh and Gondola Point.
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