GRD01ZMS0

RAMA7-Dr12-1

Andesite

Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Late Cretaceous
65.5 - 99.6

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer A

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Large (~12 cm x 4.5 cm), cut sample. Dark green, fine-grained. Patchy Fe-Mn crust. Original label: 14 November, 1980.

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RAMA 7 Dredge 12

Pacific Ocean
Philippine Trench. Original: 10 37.2N, 126 40.9E to 10 37.6N, 126 41.1E. Depth: -8935 to -8580.
Latitude: 10.62°
Longitude: 126.681667°
-8758.0 m a.s.l.

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Spindle-shaped plagioclase

5.0

plane

Spindle-shaped plagioclase with small crystals of pyroxene and oxides

5.0

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD01ZMT0: 80% plagioclase and 15% pyroxene; 5% opaque oxides; plagioclase oddly shaped (spindles?) (C. Eichler)

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