GRD02N6S0

Calif 57B

Rhyolite

Cenozoic › Quaternary › Pleistocene › Calabrian
0.01 - 1.8

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 3 › Drawer F

Air Fall Tuff

Two pieces of Bishop Tuff. Quartz and brown fiamme in pink groundmass. Original description: Rhyolitic Tuff - Bishop Tuff. Chalky white alteration crust.

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California
Bishop. Elev. 5000 on Rt 395 north of Bishop. Inyo County.
Latitude: 37.467°
Longitude: -118.579°

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Resorbed quartz and and clear glass pumice. Note the brown glass inclusions in the quartz.

2.5

plane

Resorbed quartz and and clear glass pumice.

2.5

crossed

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GRD02N6T0: Calif-57B (1): Slide is broken. Resorbed quartz and plagioclase. Brown glass inclusions. Clear and brown pumice clasts. Clear glass groundmass. (C. Eichler)

GRD02N6T1: Calif-57B (2): Resorbed quartz and plagioclase. Brown glass inclusions. Clear and brown pumice clasts. Clear glass groundmass.

GRD02N6T2: Resorbed quartz and plagioclase. Brown glass inclusions. Clear and brown pumice clasts. Clear glass groundmass.

GRD02N6T3: Resorbed quartz and plagioclase. Brown glass inclusions. Clear and brown pumice clasts. Clear glass groundmass.

GRD02N6T4: Resorbed quartz and plagioclase. Brown glass inclusions. Clear and brown pumice clasts. Clear glass groundmass.

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