GRD01ZOS0
RAMA7-Dr12-3
Basalt
Mesozoic › Cretaceous › Late Cretaceous
65.5
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99.6
1
Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer A
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Light yellow-green, very fine-grained. Rust-colored rim around edge of sample. Patchy Fe-Mn crust on sample. Dense sample. 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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Fibrous/lithophysae groundmass crystal growth with plagioclase
5.0
plane
Fibrous/lithophysae groundmass crystal growth with plagioclase
5.0
crossed
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scan
crossed
GRD01ZOT0: Very neat thin section. Interesting fibrous/lithophysae groundmass crystal growth. Occasional feldspar crystals and glomerocrysts as well as crystalline radial orbs; two parts of the thin section are more feldspar-rich. (C. Eichler)
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