GRD020XS0

M-92

Blueschist

Mesozoic › Jurassic › Middle Jurassic
161.0 - 176.0

1

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 24 › Drawer C

-

Small sample of glaucophane-calcite schist. Fine-grained dark blue glaucophane and thin calcite veins cross-cut the foliation. Original description: glaucophane rock.

-

-

Mexico
San Benito Islands, Baja

-

Cross-cutting vein

5.0

plane

Cross-cutting vein

5.0

crossed

-

scan

crossed

GRD020XT0: 98% glaucophane. Small cross-cutting calcite vein. Minor amount of serpentine? (C. Eichler)

N/A

Baldwin_GSAB_1992
Baldwin, S.L. and Harrison, T.M., 1992, The P-T-t history of blocks in serpentinite-matrix melange, west-central Baja California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, no.1, p. 18-31.