GRD025KS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #2781 of 5779
GRD025JS0 GRD025LS0

IGSN:

GRD025KS0

Sample ID:

ERDC-24D-8-2

Sample Type:

Serpentinite

Sample Age:

Unknown
None -

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer E

Modifiers:

Notes:

Multiple small pieces, the largest measures ~4.5x3x0.5 cm on cut face. Fine-grained purple clasts with green rinds in fine-grained green matrix. Billet and billet pieces. Very similar to ERDC-24D-8-1. Original label: 24 March, 1975.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

ERDC Dredge 24

Location:

Pacific Ocean
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Photos:

N/A

Micrographs:

Notes:

Slide 1: Serpentine-lined fracture; abundant serpentine in opaque groundmass

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Slide 1: Serpentine-lined fracture; abundant serpentine in opaque groundmass

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 1

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 2 Scrap

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD025KT0: Slide 1: Abundant serpentine in opaque groundmass; Serpenitine concentrated along a fracture in the sample (C. Eichler)

GRD025KT1: Slide 2 (Scrap): Abundant serpentine in opaque groundmass; Serpenitine concentrated along a fracture in the sample. Thin section polished thin. (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

N/A

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