Title
Peridotite
Identifier
R-103
Description
Dark grey to black, aphanitic texture, fine grained matrix, smooth texture, euhedral light-colored garnets, pyroxene and garnet cystals in thin section show a yellow border in plain polarized light, additional long spindly pyroxene crystals visible in the matrix
Thin Section
Mostly groundmass (80%)with larger cystals of plagioclase
Thin Section
Mostly groundmass (80%)with larger cystals of plagioclase
Contributor
Western Minerals, Inc.
Is Part Of
Spatial Coverage
Salt Creek, York, N.Y.
Number of Thin Sections
1