GRD00I1S0

I-734

Basalt

Cenozoic › Paleogene › Paleocene
55.8 - 65.5

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 16 › Drawer H

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Porphrytic (Px, sparse Ol) basalt. Probably part of the 64 Ma Valmont dike.

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Colorado
Valmont (near Boulder)

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Rim overgrowths on pyroxene, some resorption

2.5

plane

Rim overgrowths on pyroxene, some resorption. Feldspars in matrix.

2.5

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD00I1T0: Orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, and olivine in plagioclase-rich matrix. Abundant small opaques. (C. Eichler)

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