Figure 2. Strong "lineation," or alignment of minerals, that characterizes the Cushing Formation at Portland Head. The lineation is not horizontal, but is tilted down toward the southwest at an angle of several degrees, parallel to the yellow arrow. Notice also that the rock is broken along a series of straight, parallel fractures.

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