GRD001CS0

I-50

Volcaniclastic Sediment

Cenozoic › Neogene › Miocene
5.3 - 23.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 17 › Drawer N

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Original description: Agglomerate, pumice fragments (subrounded) in ash or mud flow matrix.

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Coyote Mtns

California
South end of Coyote Mountains, Borrego
Latitude: 33.304134°
Longitude: -116.299381°

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Glassy and plagioclase with resorbed rim

2.5

plane

Resorbed plagioclase and other smaller crystals.

2.5

crossed

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scan

crossed

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GRD001CT0: Clasts and matrix are primarily vesicular and glassy with perlitic cracks. Amphibole phenocrysts present in several clasts. Likely a pyroclastic flow or agglomerate as originally described.

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