GRD02ODS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #29 of 31
GRD02OCS0 GRD041KS0

IGSN:

GRD02ODS0

Sample ID:

Calif 1006

Sample Type:

Welded Ignimbrite

Sample Age:

Cenozoic › Quaternary › Pleistocene › Calabrian
0.01 - 1.8

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 3 › Drawer F

Modifiers:

Notes:

Bishop Tuff. Dark brown fiamme mantled by black rims with rounded quartz crystals in pink groundmass. Hypocrystalline.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

California
Sherwin Grade, Route 395, Bishop, Inyo county
Latitude: 37.501°
Longitude: -118.585°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Subhedral, embayed quartz in brown groundmass glass

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Subhedral, embayed quartz in brown groundmass glass

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 1

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 1

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Slide 2

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 2

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Thin Sections:

GRD02ODT0: Calif 1006 (1): Abundant subhedral to anhedral quartz and plagioclase. Quartz is often embayed. Fiamme are brown glass. Groundmass is composed of coarse brown glass. (C. Eichler)

GRD02ODT1: Calif 1006 (2): Abundant subhedral to anhedral quartz and plagioclase. Quartz is often embayed. Fiamme are brown glass. Groundmass is composed of coarse brown glass. Large fiamme near base of thin section. (C. Eichler)

GRD02ODT2: Calif 1006 (3):

GRD02ODT3: Calif 1006 (4):

GRD02ODT4

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