GRD00DRS0

I-541

Diorite

Mesozoic › Jurassic
145.5 - 201.6

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 3 › Drawer F

Hornblende-Biotite

Fine grained Hornblende-Biotite Diorite Original description: Q diorite (tonalite), Jurassic intrusive related to Santiago Pk volcanics.

Previously used in Petrology by James Day. Midterm Laboratory at least as recently as 2017

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California
5 miles NNW of Escondido
Latitude: 33.18°
Longitude: -117.13°

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5.0

plane

Concentric zonation in plagioclase

5.0

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD00DRT0: 55% plagioclase (albite and polysynthetic twinning, oscillatory zonation), 30% amphibole, 5% biotite, 5% clinopyroxene, trace opaques. (J. Gee)

GRD00DRT1: 55% plagioclase (albite and polysynthetic twinning, oscillatory zonation), 30% amphibole, 5% biotite, 5% clinopyroxene, trace opaques. (J. Gee)

GRD00DRT2: 55% plagioclase (albite and polysynthetic twinning, oscillatory zonation), 30% amphibole, 5% biotite, 5% clinopyroxene, trace opaques. (J. Gee)

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