Raleigh Gneiss outcrop

Behind Briggs Hardware on Atlantic, you can witness evidence of the metamorphosized "suspect terrane" which underlies most of Raleigh.

With thanks for the sighting to Chris Tacker of the NCMNS. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock which forms from granite and other igneous rocks. The slabs of earth's crust that make up the "Raleigh belt" did not come from N.A. nor Africa, but some small piece...