GRD025QS0

ERDC-27D-5

Serpentinite

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1

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer E

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Two cut pieces measuring ~6x6.5x6 cm and ~6x7x1.5 cm from the cut faces. One uncut sample measuring ~6x6x2 cm. Light and dark green crystalline interior with patchy Fe-Mn crust. Interior shows dark green spots in blue-green crystalline matrix. Billet and billet pieces. Original label: 21 September, 1975.

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ERDC Dredge 27

Pacific Ocean
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Abundant plagioclase with pyroexene (blue) and serpentine (brown and green)

2.5

plane

Abundant plagioclase with pyroexene (blue) and serpentine (brown and green)

2.5

crossed

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scan

crossed

GRD025QT0: 50% plagioclase (polysynthetic twinning); 25% pyroxene; 25% serpentine; tension cracks throughout sample; Thin section is carbon-coated (C. Eichler)

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