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IGSN Sample Type Notes Location Number Thin Sections Storage Location
GRD022SS0 Serpentinite Very small (~2x2x1 cm) sample. Teal/green interior with Fe-Mn crust on sample. Original label: 25 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 C
GRD0240S0 Serpentinite Large (~13x11x5 cm) uncut brittle sample. Broken in half revealing a light green interior which could be a detriorated/altered serpentinite, white/clear crystalline vein. Patchy Fe-Mn crust on sample. Original label: 26 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 C
GRD0241S0 Serpentinite Large and medium (~7x5.5x5 and ~6.5x6x1.5 cm from the cut faces) samples. Dark green with reddish staining along the edges, grainy to the touch. Patchy Fe-Mn crust on samples Billet pieces in a bag. Original label: 26 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 C
GRD0242S0 Amphibolite Large (~9x6x7 cm from the cut face) cut sample. Black crystalline interior. Patchy Fe-Mn crust on sample. Billet pieces. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD0243S0 Amphibolite Medium-sized (~7x3.5x4.5 cm from the cut face) cut sample. Black crystalline with a patchy white rind. Billet pieces. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD0247S0 Amphibolite Small uncut sample broken in half. Originally ~6x6x1.5 cm. Chip in sample reveals black (almost metallic-like luster) crystalline interior. White-rind. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD0248S0 Amphibolite Cut large sample measuring ~8.5x3.5x4 cm from the cut face. Black (almost metallic-like luster) crystalline interior, some crystals seem to be aligned. Cut slab and billet pieces. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024JS0 Serpentinite Small sample measuring ~6x3x3 cm from the cut face. Very fine-grained green-brown interior with spots of chrysotile(?) and Fe-Mn crust with exposures of mica and chrysotile. Billet pieces. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024KS0 Serpentinite A medium-sized (~4 cm in diameter) uncut sample. Broken in half. Light green groundmass with magnetite, most concentrated near edge of the sample. Patchy Fe-Mn crust. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024LS0 Serpentinite One small (~2 cm in diameter) uncut sample. Light green exterior (talc and actinolite?) with black, massive interior. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024MS0 Serpentinite One small (~2 cm in diameter) uncut sample. Light green to yellow very fine-grained with small magnetite crystals. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024NS0 Schistose Two cut slabs measuring ~6x6x1 cm each. Composed of soft black-blue lenses in medium-grained light (micaceous?) matrix. Billet pieces. Original label: 28, November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024OS0 Serpentinite Large (~12x5x4.5 cm) uncut sample. One side of the sample shows a pale-green vitreous serpentine surface while the other sides are covered in a Fe-oxide stained rind. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024PS0 Greenschist Two small cut samples (measuring ~6x2.5x2cm each). Pale green-silvery, medium-grained schist. Billet. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024QS0 Blueschist Two small (~6x4x4 cm and ~6x4x2 cm) sample cut to reveal wavy blue-black and white (quartz) crystalline interior. Exterior looks schistose. Billet. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024RS0 Serpentinite Large (~7x7x6 cm), blocky, uncut sample. Dark grey, green exterior with some muscovite. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024SS0 Serpentinite Small (~5x3x3 cm), blocky, uncut sample. Fe-oxide stained reddish, yellow exterior with some green patches. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024TS0 Serpentinite Large (~9x5x5 cm), blocky, uncut sample and a smaller crescent-shaped uncut sample. Fe-oxide stained patches, yellow-orange powdery exterior with some grey spots containing blueish mica? Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024US0 Schist Two small (both measuring ~5x5x2.5cm from the cut faces). Exterior of the sample appears to be limey with occasional small muscovite patches. Interior has some grey patches and glaucophane(?) Billet pieces. Original label: 28 November, 1980 Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024VS0 Schist Large (~8x7x3 cm), uncut sample. Exterior of the sample appears to be limey with small lithic fragments in the limey matrix. Also in the rind are small books of muscovite (silver) and glaucophane (blue). Original label: 28 November, 1980 Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD024WS0 Schist Two, small (~3x3x1 cm each), uncut samples. White, powdery texture. Original label: 28 November, 1980. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 D
GRD0258S0 Mafic Dark green cut coarse-grained samples. Two pieces: ~5x4x4 cm and ~4x3x2 cm from the cut face. Large feldspar in hand sample. Billet pieces. Original label: 21 September, 1975. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025AS0 Mafic One small (~5x3x4 cm) cut dark green coarse-grained sample. Feldspar laths, quartz?, and magnetite crystals. Billet pieces. Original label: 21 September, 1975. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025BS0 Mafic One small (~5x4x2 cm) uncut dark green medium-grained sample. Feldspar laths, serpentine, and magnetite crystals. Original label: 21 September, 1975. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025CS0 Ultramafic Two cut olive-green fine-grained samples, ~4x3x2.5 cm and ~6x3.5x3.5 cm, billet, thin white veins (quartz?). One uncut sample (~4x3x3 cm) is darker and more dense than the cut samples. Not the same sample as ERDC08-24D-2. Original label: 21 September, 1975. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025DS0 Mafic Cut sample (originally ~6x6x6 cm subangular). Blue fine-grained with portions of sample Fe-stained. Thin white veins (quartz?). Slickenlines in hematite(?). Very dense. Billet piece. Not the same sample as ERDC-24D-2. Original label: 24 March, 1975, Type 2. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025ES0 Serpentinite Small (~5x5x2 cm) dark green sample with dark blue-green crystalline interior. Olive-green mineral on surface may be serpentine. Sample looks altered. Billet and billet pieces. Thin section missing. Not the same sample as ERDC08-24D-4A. Original label: 21 September, 1975. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025FS0 Serpentinite Very small (~3x2x0.5 cm) dark green sample (billet only). Fe-Mn crust on sample. Pacific Ocean 1 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025KS0 Serpentinite Multiple small pieces, the largest measures ~4.5x3x0.5 cm on cut face. Fine-grained purple clasts with green rinds in fine-grained green matrix. Billet and billet pieces. Very similar to ERDC-24D-8-1. Original label: 24 March, 1975. Pacific Ocean 2 Ritter 154, 37 E
GRD025LS0 Serpentinite Two small uncut pieces measuring ~4x4x1 cm and ~3x2x1 cm. Magnetite and feldspar in glassy green matrix. Original label: 24 March, 1975. Pacific Ocean 0 Ritter 154, 37 E