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In-situ K-Feldspar Crystal Weathering Out of the Sandia Granite.

photograph: K-Feldspar Crystal Weathering Out of the Sandia Granite

K-feldspar crystal ~1cm.

Image taken: 12/22/2020
by: Mark Leo-Russell
© 2020

Image courtesy of Mark Leo-Russell for use by the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. All other rights and use restricted.

Longitude: -106.49653
Latitude: 35.206
  (WGS 84 or NAD 83)

About this image

In-situ K-Feldspar crystal weathering out of boulder of Sandia Granite, near the La Cueva Stone Cabin, Cibola National Forest, northeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Location

Near La Cueva Stone Cabin, off FR333, NE of Tramway Rd NE, northeast of Albuqueruqe, New Mexico.

Image posted: 06-20-2021