Sample: 88VS05
Sample ID: | 88VS05 [1] |
Station ID: | 88VS05 |
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Volcano: | Vsevidof |
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Collector: | Nye, C. J. |
Date sampled: | 1988-01-01 |
Sample type 1: | Lava |
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Text Description: | Sample of Cape Kigushimkada rift lavas. Glomeroporphyritic basaltic andesite. <10% plagioclase glomerocrysts up to 1 mm diameter composed of several plagioclase crystals each (0.6 x 0.4 mm). 90% groundmass composted of plagioclase laths (350 x 90 microns) with intersertal pyroxene in a hypocrystalline matrix. Plagioclase phenocrysts and laths are free of dusty, inclusion rich zone. Plagioclase laths commonly have swallowtail terminations. |
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