GRD026CS0

ERDC-28D-3

Fe and Mn Formation

Unknown
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2

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer F

fine-grained

Cut sample. ~5x4x7 cm. Purple, fine-grained sample with Fe-stained veins and thick (~3 mm) Fe-Mn crust. High specific gravity. Billet. Billet pieces. Original label: 21 September, 1975.

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ERDC Dredge 28

Pacific Ocean
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N/A

Slide 1: Matrix: very small feldspar (?) laths, pyroxene and opaque oxides.

10.0

plane

Slide 1: Matrix: very small feldspar (?) laths, pyroxene and opaque oxides.

10.0

crossed

Slide 1: Fe-oxide vein

2.5

plane

Slide 1: Fe-vein

2.5

crossed

Slide 1

scan

crossed

Radiolarians or silicic spheres in Fe-oxide-rich matrix

10.0

plane

Radiolarians or silicic spheres in Fe-oxide-rich matrix

10.0

crossed

Slide 2; Set B

scan

crossed

GRD026CT0: Slide 1: Rock composed of microphenocrysts of abundant opaques, acicular feldspar and pyroxene (altered?); Large, cross-cutting vein of opaque (Fe?) minerals with Fe-stained halo (C. Eichler)

GRD026CT1: Slide 2, Set B: Corner broken off. Radiolarians or silicic spheres in Fe-oxide-rich matrix (C. Eichler)

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