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.

Montserate Mountain peridotite - full thin section.

Click on image to enlarge.          Sample: Michael Davis; Photo: Dan Snyder

Full thin section of igneous peridotite, Montserate Mountain, San Diego County, California. Macrophotograph in XPL. Imaged area 22mm by 38mm. See post of July 15, 2012 for detailed description of rock body and higher-magnification photomicrographs.

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