Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Mantle lherzolite xenolith in basalt - full thin section.

Click on image to enlarge.           Photo © Daniel R. Snyder

Spinel lherzolite xenolith, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona. Lherzolite is at left; brightly colored grains are olivine, gray and brown grains are pyroxene.  Felty-textured basalt is at right. XPL macrophotograph. Imaged area 21 mm x 34 mm. Click on the image to enlarge. It's a lot more interesting close up!

2 comments:

  1. Hi Dan Im a student of petrology and Ive got some microphotos of peridotites from Central Europe...with perovskite occurance maybe you will be intrested

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  2. Hi Peto, Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your comment. Where do you study petrology?

    If you send me some of your photos, I'll choose a few to post. Then you can send me some text to go with them. I'll give you credit, of course.

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