GRD00KMS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

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GRD00KLS0 GRD00KNS0

IGSN:

GRD00KMS0

Sample ID:

110-CB 30

Sample Type:

Breccia

Sample Age:

Cenozoic › Neogene › Pliocene
2.6 - 5.3

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 17 › Drawer B

Modifiers:

Notes:

Original label: Cherty breccia.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

California
Temblor Hills, San Andreas fault zone
Latitude: 35.3°
Longitude: -119.8°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Large brown chert clasts with quartz and feldspar grains

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Large chert clasts with quartz and feldspar grains. Note the grains within the chert clasts.

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD00KMT0: Large chert clasts with smaller quartz and feldspar (polysynthetic and tartan twinning) grains. Small quartz grains in the chert. (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

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