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Sample Type is Igneous

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IGSN Sample Type Notes Location Number Thin Sections Storage Location
GRD02QMS0 Rhyolite Flow banded rhyolite California 0 Ritter 154, 15 L
GRD02QNS0 Granodiorite Mt. Stuart batholith Washington 0 Ritter 154, 19 K
GRD02QOS0 Granodiorite May contain enough Quartz to classify as Tonalite Washington 0 Ritter 154, 15 P
GRD02QPS0 Granite California 4 Ritter 154, 15 B
GRD02QQS0 Diorite 50% plag, 15% hornblend, 20% quartz,10% biotite, 3% Kspar, 2% sphene and ap. Some opaques. California 1 Ritter 154, 19 E
GRD02QRS0 Granodiorite Plag>quartz>amphibole Accessory minerals: Oxide, chlorite, K-spar Fiji 3 Ritter 154, 19 K
GRD02QSS0 Dacite Likely from avalanche deposit. Has biotite and amphibole. 0 Ritter 154, 15 Q
GRD02QTS0 Diorite California 2 Ritter 154, 15 P
GRD02QUS0 Dacite Very fresh phenocrysts. Plag-euhedral, Quartz is rounded. California 1 Ritter 154, 15 Q
GRD02QVS0 Andesite Plag-hornblend phyric andesite California 1 Ritter 154, 16 B
GRD02QWS0 Andesite Plag porphorite Andesites 5 Lakes Trail at road to Alpine Meadows ski area Rte 89 1 Ritter 154, 16 B
GRD02QXS0 Granodiorite Probably typical of the main rock type here US-40 Donner Pass 8/99 approximately at bridge, overlook 1 Ritter 154, 15 O
GRD02QYS0 Diorite California 5 Ritter 154, 15 P
GRD02QZS0 Dacite California 1 Ritter 154, 29 D
GRD02R0S0 Mafic Intrusive Gabbro Norite with shear zone showing cataclasis. Original Description: Layered Gabbro/Troctolite. California 2 Ritter 154, 16 D
GRD02R1S0 Mafic Intrusive Wehrlite, may contain enough Opx to be considered Lherzolite. Original Description: Mela-Norite Dike cutting Calif 1237 and Calif 1238 California 2 Ritter 154, 16 D
GRD02R2S0 Anorthosite Medium grained plagioclase, amphibole rich. California 0 Ritter 154, 16 C
GRD02R3S0 Gabbro Hb gabbro; part of meter scale dike with very large amphibole crystals perpendicular to the margin. 3-6 cm Hb crystals with altered plagioclase. Slightly fractured. California 0 Ritter 154, 16 C
GRD02R4S0 Gabbro California 0 Ritter 154, 20 B
GRD02R5S0 Gabbro Amphibole plag banding, medium grained. Plag and hornblend approximately one cm in size. Moderate weathering. Opx, possibly some olivine California 0 Ritter 154, 16 D
GRD02R6S0 Obsidian Spherulitic devitrification of obsidian. Large radiating spherulites 0 Ritter 154, 15 M
GRD02R7S0 Granodiorite 10 Kspar, 40 plag, 5 amphibole, 40 quartz, 5 biotite + sphene 0 Ritter 154, 15 N
GRD02R8S0 Aa Olivine bearing basalt. aa flow. Vesicular. Hawaii 0 Ritter 154, 16 H
GRD02R9S0 Pahoehoe Two large pieces. Smooth interior, indicative of a lava tube or a cast 0 Ritter 154, 16 I
GRD02RAS0 Ankaramite From University aix-marselle III, Faculte de Sciences et techniques de Saint-Jerome-Laboratorie de Petrologie Alabama 0 Ritter 154, 16 J
GRD02RJS0 Basalt Dark aphanitic massive vessicular, Plagioclase, Olivine. 4 Ritter 154, 3 F
GRD02RKS0 Basalt Massive Amygdaloidal Aphanitic rock containing secondary Calcite. 4 Ritter 154, 3 F
GRD02RLS0 Granite Cummulate Tourmaline(Schorlite) bearing pegmatite. Off-white subhedral Plagioclase(1-2 cm) forming cumulate band in rock. Gray vitreous anhedral Quartz(0.5-2 cm). Light pink/yellow subhedral K-spar (1-5 mm). Black sub/euhedral Schorlite (1 mm - 1 cm) forming cummulate band adjacent to Plagioclase band. 4 Ritter 154, 3 F
GRD02RMS0 Ankaramite Ankaramite with olivine(1-5 mm), cpx(1-8 mm), and plag, black groundmass Sao Miguel, Azores 4 Ritter 154, 3 F
GRD02RNS0 Komatiite Komatiite showing diagnostic spinifex texture. Olivine, Cpx, Serpentine, Magnetite. 5 Ritter 154, 3 F