Shale, GR641


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Description

A sample of dark gray, near black shale that was collected from Waterville, circa 1907. This specimen comes from the base of the upper division of the Marcellus formation (Devonian (Erian). Pencil roughly reads, ""The first fossil has [sic] Marcellus shale and about [sic].""


Subject

  • Martin, Dr. Daniel Strobel, 1842-1925
  • Natural history--Southern States
  • Naturalists--Southern States
  • Geology--Catalogs and collections
  • Geology--Southern States


Details

Date
1907
Contributor
Martin, Dr. Daniel Strobel, 1842-1925 (Curator)
People
Martin, Dr. Daniel Strobel, 1842-1925
Publisher
The Charleston Museum
Coverage
Waterville, Oneida County, New York, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists