Earth Collections: Wager's collection

This table lists the groups of rocks in the Wager collection. A further table lists the rocks brought back from Wager's Everest expedtion.

The Wager collection
Wager's Everest collection

The Wager collection

MUG No.	Specimen No.	Type of material	Locality	Donor/ Collector	Register
418	T 1-24	Volcanic rocks	Hawaii	Wentworth	Temp. Colls. I
419	T 31-44	Volcanic rocks	Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA	Williams	Temp. Colls. I
422	T 63-65	Ferrodiorite from the Bushveld Complex	South Africa	Lombaard	Temp. Colls. I
424	T 67	Fayalite-rich gabbro	Herzberg, Germany	Ramdohr	Temp. Colls. I
427	T 70-72	Augite-syenite from the Illimaussaq intrusion	W Greenland	Hamilton	Temp. Colls. I
428	T 73-75	Igneous rocks	Ubekendt Ejland, W Greenland	Drever	Temp. Colls. I
429	T 101-141	Schists & other rocks	W Eire	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
430	T 144-151	Greensands	Farringdon, Oxfordshire, England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
431	T 155-156	Sedimentary rocks	W Yorkshire, England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
432	T 157-169	Tertiary volcanic rocks	NE Ireland	Patterson	Temp. Colls. I
433	T 170	Peridotite in lava	Spitzbergen, Norway	Hoel	Temp. Colls. I
436	T 215-223	Volcanic rocks	Iceland	Robson	Temp. Colls. I
437	T 224-225	Granites (analysed), Western Centre, Mourne Mts. intrusion	Down, N Ireland	Emeleus	Temp. Colls. I
438	T 226-227	Rhyolites	Tardree Mt., Antrim N Ireland	Queens Univ.	Temp. Colls. I
439	T 228-241	Schists	Mayo, W Ireland	Currall	Temp. Colls. I
441	T 261-279	Volcanic rocks	Hakone volcano, Japan	Kuno	Temp. Colls. I
442	T 280-297	Alkaline and associated igneous rocks	Kola, Russia	Williams	Temp. Colls. I
443	T 298-300	Igneous & sedimentary rocks	NE England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
444	T 301-317	Minerals	N Wales	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
447	T 336	Dunite	New Zealand	Ross	Temp. Colls. I
448	T 337	Granophyre	Pennsylvania, USA	Buddington	Temp. Colls. I
449	T 338-347	Dunite-, peridotite- & gabbro-cored bombs	Mauna Kea, Hawaii	Fraser (GD)	Temp. Colls. I
450	T 348-369	Igneous rocks	Auvergne, France	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
456	T 401-462	Igneous rocks from the Bushveld Complex	South Africa	Ahrens	Temp. Colls. I
457	T 463	Hypabyssal rock, Ratho Sill	Edinburgh, Scotland	Walton	Temp. Colls. I
458	T 464	Olivine-basalt nodules	Kidlaw, Scotland	MacGregor	Temp. Colls. I
459	T 465-471	Igneous rocks from the Palisades Sill	New Jersey, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
460	T 472-479	Rocks from the Lambertville Sill	New Jersey, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
461	T 480-481	Rocks and minerals	Franklin Mine Dumps, New Jersey, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
462	T 482-492	Metamorphic & igneous rocks	New Jersey Highlands, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
463	T 493-495	Minerals	Franklin Mine Dumps, New Jersey, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
464	T 496-533	Rocks from the Sudbury Complex	Ontario, Canada	Wager, Langford, Colgrove, Mutch	Temp. Colls. II
465	T 534	Granophyre from the Gettysburg Sill	Pennsylvania, USA	Hotz	Temp. Colls. II
466	T 535	Dolerite pegmatite vein	Palolo Quarry, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Kuno	Temp. Colls. II
467	T 541-651	Rocks	Alps	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
468	T 701-774	Volcanic rocks	St Vincent	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
469	T 779-790	Volcanic rocks	St Lucia	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
470	T 791-809	Volcanic rocks	St Kitts	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
471	T 810-822	Volcanic rocks	Nevis	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
472	T 822-842	Volcanic rocks	Montserrat	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
473	T 843-847	Volcanic rocks	Martinique	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
474	T 851-877	Volcanic rocks	St Kitts	Wager, Robson	Temp. Colls. II
475	T 878-882	Volcanic rocks	Grenadines	Martin-Kaye	Temp. Colls. II
476	T 883-914	Volcanic rocks	St Vincent	Baker	Temp. Colls. II
478	T 951-968	Rocks	Gatineau, Quebec	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
479	T 969-974	Rookhope borehole - 4-fathom cyclotherm	N England	Dunham	Temp. Colls. II
480	T 975-978	Rocks from Willow Lake intrusion	Oregon, USA	Taubeneck	Temp. Colls. II
481	T 979-983	Volcanic rocks	N Berwick area, Scotland	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
482	T 984-996	Rocks for petrography from the Lovozersk Massif alkali complex	Kola, Russia	Tschuchrov	Temp. Colls. II
483	T 977-1020	Rocks	Cornwall Magnetite Mine, Pennsylvania, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
484	T 1021-1034	Volcanic rocks	Japan	Robson	Temp. Colls. II
485	T 1035-1059	Rocks (analysed) from the Werner Bjerge alkali complex	E Greenland	Bearth, Wenk	Temp. Colls. II
486	T 1060-1066	Igneous rocks from the RV Chain expedition.	Atlantic Seabed	Nicholls	Temp. Colls. II
487	T 1067-1073	Rocks from the Beagle Collection, Cambridge	St Paul's Rocks (Atlantic)	Agrell	Temp. Colls. II
488	T 1074	Rhyolite	Iran	Falcon, Schürmann	Temp. Colls. II
489	T 1075	Pumice	Campo Bianco, Lipari, Italy	Baker	Temp. Colls. II
490	T 1077	Eskolaite	Outokumpu, Finland	Sahama	Temp. Colls. II
491	T 1114-1207	Rocks	California & Oregon, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
492	T 1211-1265	Alkaline igneous rocks	S & Cent. Sweden	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
493	T 1266-1392	Volcanic rocks	St Vincent	Tomblin, Baker, Robson	Temp. Colls. II
494	T 1393-1400	Volcanic rocks	Hawaii, USA	Wager	Temp. Colls. II
498	EG 1-4118	Rocks	E Greenland, including Skaergaard and Kangerdlugssuaq	Wager	E Greenland, Skaergaard & Kangerdlugssuaq
501	H 3335-3502	Rocks	St Kilda	Wager	St Kilda
502	S 1-110	Rocks	Norway	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
504	W 1-30	Rocks from 'biotite problem' project	Shap, Cumbria, England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
506	various 393-1577	Rocks (Durham Coll., 1949)	N England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
507	various 421-474	Rocks (Reading Coll., 1937/9)	Cumbria, England	Wager	Temp. Colls. I
508	H 3001-3133, 3335-3502, 3693-3723, 3736-3790	Rocks	Hebrides, including Ardnamurchan, Mull, Raasay, Soay, Rum	Wager	Hebrides
509	H 3671-3685	Metamorphic rocks, Lewisian, Moinian, Torridonian	N Scotland	Sutton and others, Imperial College	Hebrides
510	H 3320-3334	Rocks	Rodil, Harris	Wager	Hebrides
513	H 3540-3670	Rocks	N Ireland	Wager	Hebrides
517	H 1-999, 4000-4610.	Sliced rocks	Skye, Scotland	Wager	Skye
519	H 5691-5742.	Rocks	Hebrides, Scotland	Wager	No cat. found
520	H 3724-3735	Rocks	Ardnamurchan, Scotland	Jane Wager	Hebrides
521	H 3144-3296	Rocks	Rum, Scotland	Wager	Hebrides
522	H 2001-2283	Rocks	Skye, Scotland	Vincent, Wager	Vincent
523	H 2300-2419	Rocks	Skye, Scotland	Vincent, Wager	Vincent
525	SA 1-1182	Bushveld Complex	South Africa	Wager, Brown	Bushveld
603	H 1117-1192	Rocks	Hebrides, Scotland	Wager	No cat. found
604	H-, G-, R- & S-	Basic intrusions	Somaliland	Wager, Brown	Somaliland List
Hist. Rocks	1-244	Rocks	Mount Everest	Wager	Everest

Wager's Everest collection

Sample No.	Description	Locality
106	Metamorphosed limestone from extensive mass of relatively fine limestone cut by pegmatite and granite and deposited below or in the pelitic series.	Just below high moraine half way between Base camp and I
107	Biotite granite-gneiss. Cf. gneiss at Chubiteng and Yattang. This rock has pre and contemporaneous pegmatites containing muscovite and tourmaline.	W. Moraine, Rongbuk glacier near Base Camp
108	Band of light gneiss about 500' thick and injected into the 'Bio Gneiss'. Dominantly garnet-bearing. Some bio and schorl.	Boulder from about 1500' above moraine
109	Pegmatite injecting pelite. Note tourmaline in pelite near contact.	Boulder probably near in situ
110	Altered limestone of L. Calc. Series. In bands about 1' - 5' thick separated by bands of 1' - 10' of 111.	1 mile SE of Base Camp at about 17000'
111	Muscovite tourmaline microgranite adjacent to 110. 'Lit' about 5' thick.	As 110
112	6" pelitic band in 110.	As 110
113	Homogeneous muscovite tourmaline granite. A thick intrusion at least 300'in sediment.	Bluff of massive rock 500' above and ½ mile S.S.E. of Camp I
114	Altered limestone with augite or olivine. Common type.	800' above Camp I and to N.
115	The typical gneissose granite 400' lit in sediments.	200' above Camp I
116	Altered limestone.	1000' above Camp I and to N.N.W. (descending)
117	6" vein of microgranite cutting transgressively 116.	1000' above Camp I and to N.N.W. (descending)
118	Margin of 8" pegmatite cutting concordently through limestone as 119.	1000' above Camp I and to N.N.W. (descending)
119	Banded altered limestone.	1000' above Camp I and to N.N.W. (descending)
120	Two bands in limestone series perhaps due to injection.	1000' above Camp I and to N.N.W. (descending)
121	Metamorphosed pelite.	½ mile above Camp III
122	From 2" vein of muscovite pegmatite in 121.	½ mile above Camp III
123	Schlieren at junction between acid vein and pelites.	½ mile above Camp III
124	Grey nobbly limestone, not noticeably metamorphosed.	Band forming the 1st Step [27890']and probably most of the material of top of Everest
125	Typical yellow schistose marble forming Yellow Band.	300' below level of Camp IV
126	Shows a junction between yellow marble and metamorphosed pelite. Near junction there is a great deal of alteration of pelite and limestone and this occurs even about centre of Yellow band.	About 26700'. Junction of Yellow Band and lower black rocks.
127	Altered pelite with acid injection.	About 24500'
128	Metamorphosed pelitic sandstone showing a highly characteristic type of fracture of Odell's fossils.	About 25000'
129	Cupriferous acid vein in pelite.	About 23500'
130	Schorl veins cutting biotite pelite.	Highest point of rocks between III and IIIA. As 121
131	Biotite pelite adjacent to 130.	Highest point of rocks between III and IIIA. As 121
132	Metamorphosed impure limestone from calc band some 50' thick.	800' above Camp III
133	Biotite schist.	Moraine just above III
134	Green schist	Moraine just above III
135	Joints at about 40° in pelite at right angles to bedding but not persisting into calc hornfels layer. In calc schist layer minerals markedly elongated.	Moraine ¼ mile above Camp III
136	Typical joints in two sets at about 40°.	Moraine near Camp III
137	Specimen showing stretching and ultimate breaking of pelite and flow of limestone and tension gashes in upper pelite layer.	Moraine near Camp III
138	Similar specimen.	Moraine near Camp III
139	Similar specimen. Tension cracks broad and definite and filled with marble.	Moraine near Camp III
140	Similar specimen to 137, but pelite shows indefinite cracks at right angles to direction of tension and joints at about 40°.	Moraine near Camp III
141	Tension gashes and two sets of shearing joints at about 80°.	Moraine near Camp III
142	Tension gashes but no shearing joints.	Moraine near Camp III
143	Three sets of joints not truly at right angles to bedding. Presumed tension joint bisecting angle of approx. 100° instead of 80° as in 141.	Moraine near Camp III
144	Foliated impure marble showing one set of joints ? tension gashes at 45° and streaks at right angles to these. ? fossils.	Moraine near Camp III
145	Similar to 144.	Moraine near Camp III
146	Quartzose pegmatite injecting the calc hornfels layer. Two sets of joints at a about 45°, one set apparently tension gashes lenticular prisms of injected material elongated parallel to tension cracks.	Moraine near Camp III
147	In situ just above a limey band. Tension cracks pointed 10° E of S . This corresponds with a direction of jounting in rocks above and below.	Point about 21500 on way to Lhakpa La
148	Bio schist with occasional garnets.	About 21900'
149	Bio schist and green schist due to alteration of bio schist along vertical joint.	About 21800'
150	Puckered bio schist. Strike of puckering about 20° S. of W.	About 21700'
151	Psammitic pelite with garnet.	About 21200'
152	Coarse pegmatite cutting limestone.	About 21300'
153	Fine pegmatite cutting impure limestone.	About 21300'
154	Puckered green schist.	About 21100'

More about the collection
A description of the size and scope of the collection

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