MOJAVI DESERT, BORON, CALIFORNIA

RIO TINTO BORON/BORAX MINE AND FACILITIES, BORON, CALIFORNIA - Marcin Wichary Photograph

GRAIN DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS (AGI CHART)

International Space Station 1000mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

Note: This is a very rare 1000 mm image taken from the Space Station. It shows an open pit Borax Mine, and the surrounding facilities including the town of Boron.

GRAIN SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS

(PREPARED BY GAMMA ZETA CHAPTER , SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY - AGI CHART))

Roundness is the degree of smoothing due to abrasion of sedimentary particles. It is expressed as the ratio of the average radius of curvature of the edges or corners to the radius of curvature of the maximum inscribed sphere.

The sphericity of a particle is: the ratio of the surface area of a sphere (with the same volume as the given particle) to the surface area of the particle.

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