National Air and Space Museum Location: The Mall, Washington, DC Year: 2001 Merckslides catalogue number: 01-12834 Comments:

Stylolite in marble facing the National Air and Space Museum Location: The Mall, Washington, DC Year: 2000 (?) Merckslides catalogue number: Uncataloged (?) Comments: A stylolite is a pressure-solution feature in carbonate rocks. The jagged line is the non-carbonate residue that remained when a band of rock dissolved under pressure. Perhaps this occurred while this marble was being metamorphosed

Stylolite in marble facing the National Air and Space Museum Location: The Mall, Washington, DC Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 07-77429 Comments:

Stylolite in marble facing the National Air and Space Museum Location: The Mall, Washington, DC Year: 2011 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 07-77429 Comments:

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