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Mylonitic gneiss, Rincon Mountains, Arizona

Mylonitic gneiss, Rincon Mountains, Arizona

This rock is exposed along the Tanque Verde Trail of Tanque Verde Ridge, Rincon Mountains, Saguaro National Park - East, Tucson, Arizona. The Rincon Mountains are part of a metamorphic core complex, accounting for the extreme stretching and deformation of mineral constituents of this mylonitized metamorphic gneiss.

Photographer: Mike Conway

Photo Date: January 2018