Quartz-feldspar porphyry
Geological specimen collected by Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological and zoological specimens. /nThis is a form of igneous rock – created through the cooling of lava or magma – composed of large-grained crystals in a more finely grained
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