Sample: 91CND15
Sample ID: | 91CND15 [1] |
Station ID: | 91CND15 |
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Volcano: | Douglas |
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Collector: | Nye, C. J. |
Date sampled: | 1991-01-01 |
Sample type 1: | Lava |
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Text Description: | Very fresh, highly fractured andesite outcrop at 2300 ft elevation between Spotted and striped glaciers. Appears to be very young. Porphyritic olivine andesite containing ~25% phenocrysts of olivine (20%, up to 1.2 x 0.6 mm), pyroxene (3%, 0.6 x 0.3 mm), and plagioclase (2%, 0.6 x 0.2 mm) in a matrix dominated by interlocking plagioclase microlites (200 x 15 microns) and pyroxene (20 microns). Olivine phenocrysts contain euhedral translucent brown chromite octahedral. |
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