GRD026US0

ERDC08-29D-7

Basalt

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 37 › Drawer F

Vesicular

Cut sample (~5x6x3 cm on cut face), grey vesicular basalt, largest vesicle has 6 small puffs of crystals in it. Patchy sedimentary/sandstone rind billet pieces.

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ERDC Dredge 29

Pacific Ocean
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Small and large plagioclase with small pyroxene in center and large vesicle in lower left corner

2.5

plane

Small and large plagioclase with small pyroxene in center and large vesicle in lower left corner

2.5

crossed

Set B

scan

crossed

GRD026UT0: Set B: Abundant large and small euhedral plagioclase phenocrysts (simple twinning); resorption in some of the plagioclase cores; some flow-alignment of small crystals around vesicles; occasional large pyroxenes; thin section polished thin in one corner. (C. Eichler)

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