GRD0014S0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

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GRD000FS0 GRD0015S0

IGSN:

GRD0014S0

Sample ID:

I-42

Sample Type:

Impure Marble

Sample Age:

Unknown
None -

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 14 › Drawer J

Modifiers:

recrystallized

Notes:

Fine-grained brown marble. Nice relict laminae. Micrite protolith? Original description: Limestone. Horizontal recrystallized laminae.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Boullion Mtns

Location:

California
Boullion Mtns, 8 miles south of Amboy
Latitude: 34.436°
Longitude: -115.746°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Fine-grained carbonate grains. Occasional small feldspar grains (more clear than the carbonate)

Mag:

10.0

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Fine-grained carbonate grains. Occasional small feldspar grains

Mag:

10.0

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD0014T0: Fine-grained carbonate grains. Occasional small feldspar grains (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

N/A

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