Sample: 50


Sample ID: 50 [1]
Station ID: 50
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Volcano: Yantarni
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Eruption:
Collector: Unknown, Unknown
Date sampled:
Sample type 1: Lava
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Text Description: Texture: Porphyry; groundmass <0.1 mm, massive plagioclase >> chlorite = mica; quartz as anhedral mosaics (xenolithics); apatite microphenocrysts. Alteration: Plagioclase altered to chlorite/mica, hornblende to chlorite/hematite; veinlets of hematite/calcite/mica
Sample Location:

References Cited

[1] Petrography, chemistry, and geologic history of Yantarni volcano, Aleutian volcanic arc, Alaska, 1987

Riehle, J. R., Yount, M. E., and Miller, T. P., 1987, Petrography, chemistry, and geologic history of Yantarni volcano, Aleutian volcanic arc, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1761, 27 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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