Specimen Number44-1-012Alternate Number49-22-13CommentsLarge sample, olivine and olivine + chromite layers, olivine is fine-grained, chromite is larger cumulate graines to 0.2 cm.In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)olivinechromiteRock NameCr oreDistrictNorth CarolinaMineGillisGeo-LocationAshe Branch, near Webster.Sub-LocationNot the Gillis Cu mine, this is referred to as the Gillis prospect in North Carolina.Deposit TypeAlpine peridotiteDonated ByUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Department of GeoscienceReference MaterialACL-191: Hatcher, R.D., and Butler, J.R., eds., 1979, Guidebook for Southern Appalachian Field Trip in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Northeastern Georgia, September 9-15, 1979; IGCP Proj. 27, 117 p.