Sample: AK-81-24


Sample ID: AK-81-24 [1]
Station ID: AK-81-24
AT Num:
Volcano: Akutan
Possible source:
Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled: 1981-01-01
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Porphyritic andesite lava flow containing phenocrysts of plagioclase, clinopyroxene, and olivine in a trachytic groundmass. The olivine is largely altered to serpentine minerals, while the clinopyroxene and groundmass are partially altered to carbonate and chlorite.
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] The igneous petrology and geochemistry of northern Akutan Island, Alaska, 1982

Romick, J. D., 1982, The igneous petrology and geochemistry of northern Akutan Island, Alaska: University of Alaska Fairbanks unpublished M.S. thesis, 151 p.