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Decomposed igneous rock (Dry)

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Notes: Specimen in John Phillips' tray, made from a Ladies' Ticket for the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting held in Birmingham in 1849. Handwritten label accompanying specimen reads "Uspallata Pass Chilian Andes 12 500 feet eln.". Another handwritten label reads "From a somewhat decomposed vertical dike! Summit of the Uspallata Pass Chilian Andes. Elevation 12 500". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm