Sample: 47AC88
| Sample ID: | 47AC88 [1] [2] |
| Station ID: | 47AC88 |
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| Volcano: | Mount Young |
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| Collector: | Unknown, Unknown |
| Date sampled: | 1947-01-01 |
| Sample type 1: | Lava |
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| Final unit: | Windy cone |
| Text Description: | Specimen 47AC88 (130,550' E., 270,000' N.) is from one of the longer flows of Mount Cerberus that reached the coast. It is a medium-light-gray (N 6) porphyritic basaltic andesite; most of the visible phenocrysts are plagioclase, averaging An82, but there are also olivine, hypersthene, augite, and magnetite crystals. The olivine and augite are commoner and in larger crystals (0.5 mm in diameter), than the hypersthene. The groundmass consists of plagioclase microlites with augite and magnetite and a mesostasis of glass. |
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References Cited
[1] Geologic reconnaissance of Semisopochnoi Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Coats, R. R., 1959, Geologic reconnaissance of Semisopochnoi Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-O, p. 477-519, 1 sheet, scale 1:25,000.
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