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Sample: 06AUNYE003

Sample ID: 06AUNYE003 [1]
Station ID: 06AUNYE003
AT Num:
Volcano: Augustine
Possible source:
Eruption: Augustine 2005/12
Collector: Nye, C. J.
Date sampled: 2006-08-18
Sample type 1: Other
Color:
Final unit: 2006_EfBa
Text Description: Sample of a 70 cm inclusion with a color index of ~50%. Abundant small veins present at all orientations. Holocrystalline gabbroic clot with honey-colored orthopyroxene, black acicular hornblende (1x6 mm, 60:120 cleavage), and plagioclase. Some zones and 1 mm-size veins are more enriched in plagioclase.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Petrology and geochemistry of the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, 2010

Larsen, J.F., Nye, C.J., Coombs, M.L., Tilman, Mariah, Izbekov, Pavel, and Cameron, Cheryl, 2010, Petrology and geochemistry of the 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, chapter 15 of Power, J.A., Coombs, M.L., and Freymueller, J.T., eds., The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1769, p. 335-382 and spreadsheets [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1769/chapters/p1769_chapter15].