Digital Multimedia, 3rd ed. – Example 12.13

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Basalt

 

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Plateau basalt, containing ophitic pink titaniferous augite, euhedral olivine, with edges and cracks altered to iddingsite, but with unaltered centres. Groundmas of plagioclase feldspar laths and chlorite.

Field of View 3mm.

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Location

Quarry, near Ulva Ferry, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Minerals

  • Plagioclase feldspar
  • Titanaugite
  • Olivine
  • Chlorite
  • Iddingsite

Textures

  • Ophitic