Olivine Gabbro
Item
- Title
- Olivine Gabbro
- Description
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Megascopic: medium-grained dark gray rock, consisting of plagioclase and olivine with minor pyroxene.
Microscopic: completely anhedral augite contains exsolved films of iron oxide species, may form reaction rims on altered olivine (corona structure). Olivine is largely altered. - Source
- Ward Collection
- Publisher
- John Onorati
- Rights
- Lafayette College Department of Geology and Environmental Geoscience
- Mediator
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Tamara Carley
carleyt@lafayette.edu
