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Maryland Rocks and Minerals

Summary

A collection of various rocks and minerals from Maryland or from formations also found in Maryland. The specimens are either on display or in storage at the Maryland Geological Survey. All specimens entered in the ScienceBase Catalog were collected from Maryland or its neighboring states. Geographic coordinates are as exact as specimen labels allow, ranging from site-specific coordinates (e.g., of the mine or quarry) to centroids of counties or of the State itself.

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Material Request Instructions

The collection may be used and removed from the Survey building only by MGS staff for educational purposes and research. The collection may be viewed at the Survey by others.  Please contact MGS for more information about this collection (410-554-5500).

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Provenance

<p>This collection record was derived from a survey of State Geological Survey organizations conducted under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program. Final Harvest from State Inventory on Fri Nov 12 16:29:15 CST 2010</p>

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Type Scheme Key
sourceSystem CSC 1553892
UniqueKey State Inventory P1510

NGGDPP Collection Extension

collectionCategories
Hand samples (Hand samples, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/category)
collectionGrowth<p> The collection is not actively growing.</p>
collectionTypes
Physical Geoscience (Physical Geoscience, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/type)
primaryPurposes
Research (Research, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/primaryPurpose)
Reference (Reference, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/primaryPurpose)
Teaching (Teaching, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/primaryPurpose)
size300
unitItems (Items, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/unit)

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