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Examining Rocks Under the Microscope
Ever wonder how Earth scientists examine rocks? We cut them up and throw them under a microscope ... and then everything ...
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Velbel, M.A. (1984) Natural Weathering Mechanisms of Almandine Garnet. Geology, 12, 631-634.
These formations occur in succession within the same drilling profile. The minerals constituting garnet bearing amphibolite include amphibole, garnet, plagioclase, kaolinite, and opaque minerals.
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Rickwood, P.C. (1989) Boundary Lines within Petrologic Diagrams Which Use Oxides of Major and Minor Elements. Lithos, 22, 247-263.
The Pattern of REEs normalized to the primitive mantle shows a pronounced negative Eu anomaly, reflecting the crystallization process and fractional crystallization of plagioclase in the rock, and a ...
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The Discovery and Geochemical Characteristics of an Eocene Peridotite Xenolith-Bearing Mafic Volcanic Neck in Coastal Southeast China
The basalt is gray–black, porphyritic, and has an almond-shaped structure. These rocks contain olivine (0.3–3 mm in size), clinopyroxene, and plagioclase phenocrysts that form 10%–20% of the rock. The ...