Monday, December 17, 2012

Los Pinos peridotite - full thin section

Click on image to enlarge.      Specimen: Michael Davis; Photo: Dan Snyder
Rounded, partially-resorbed olivine grains and interstitial pyroxene in peridotite of the  Los Pinos pluton, San Diego County, California. Macrophotograph in XPL. Imaged area 22mm by 42mm. See post of April 9, 2012 for description of rock body and higher-magnification photomicrographs.

Many thanks to Prof. Michael Davis, of the University of California at Riverside, for the specimen.

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