Pine Mountain Loop
Pine Mountain Quartz Vein
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The Pine Mountain summit slabs are remarkably uniform (aside from their erosion features), but this one is split by a large and ancient fissure that is filled with quartz. The feature is an ancient intrusion, possibly generated from the same volcanic lava which metamorphosed this sedimentary rock.
8/1/2001
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