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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!
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
ReplyDeleteHi Peto, Nice to hear from you. Thanks for your comment. Where do you study petrology?
ReplyDeleteIf 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.