GRD0232S0

RAMA7-Dr19-2(3)

Basalt

Mesozoic › Jurassic › Late Jurassic
145.5 - 161.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer C

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Small (~5x2x1 cm) sample cut in half revealing a brown interior with clear feldspar laths. Fe-Mn crust on sample. Original label: 25 November, 1980.

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RAMA 7 Dredge 19

Pacific Ocean
Mariana Trench. Original: 11 48.3N, 142 11.9E to 11 49.0N, 142 11.3E. Depth: -4440 to -4200.
Latitude: 11.805°
Longitude: 142.19833°
-4320.0 m a.s.l.

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Green lithophysae-like crystals lining a vug

2.5

plane

Green lithophysae-like crystals lining a vug

2.5

crossed

Glomerocryst of resorbed plagioclase

2.5

plane

Glomerocryst of resorbed plagioclase

2.5

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD0232T0: Sparse plagioclase phenocrysts, most plagioclase have a minor degree of resorption; Resorbed pyroxenes, some with undulose extinction; Small glomerocrysts of plagioclase, pyroxene, and opaue oxides; Vugs with fine, fibrous green mineral (C. Eichler)

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