Sample: 09KCWES024


Sample ID: 09KCWES024 [1]
Station ID: 09KCWES024
AT Num:
Volcano: Kasatochi
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Scott, W. E.
Date sampled: 2009-01-01
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Final unit:
Text Description: Hand sample; >20g. Sugary fine-grained enclave in lava flow of WES025; reddish oxidation; inclusion is about 20x25 cm; contains scattered large vesicles. Very fine grained (<0.5mm) equigranular xl mush. plag, cpx, and rods of some garnet-red mineral (assume alteration). Isolated round vesicles up to 5mm. Also appears to be interconnected void space along crystal faces. Like Okmok "easter eggs", but finer.
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References Cited

[1] Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2017

Nye, C.J., Scott, W.E., Neill, O.K., Waythomas, C.F., Cameron, C.E., and Calvert, A.T., 2017, Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 123, 127 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:5000. http://doi.org/10.14509/29718