Epidote-Amphibolite3D Model
The origin of this rock is the 500-million-year old ocean floor. It was transformed and deformed at temperatures of up to 500°C around 340 million years ago.
The formation of mountains and tectonic plate activity pulls rocks down into the Earth’s crust, where they are transformed. Depending on the pressure and temperature, their structure changes and new minerals are generated. This ‘fingerprint’ makes it possible to calculate at which depth a rock was formed.
This rock is now on display in the newly designed Hall 6 of the NHM Vienna.
Specimen: Rock fold in epidote-amphibolite
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept. (curator: Mathias Harzhauser)
Origin: Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg, Austria
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Scanned and edited by Katharina Luftensteiner, Viola Winkler & Anna Haider (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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