Repository:	University of Hawaii at Manoa Contact the Curator
Ship:	Moana Wave
Cruise:	MW8805
Sample:	MW8805 STA65 RD65
Device:	dredge, rock
Latitude:	14.724
Longitude:	160.429
Water Depth(m):	1300
Date:	19880522
IGSN:	IEUHM006N
Storage:	room temperature, dry

Central Pacific Ocean, Marshall Islands. Chain bag dredge. Field description: basalt
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Lithology/Mineralogy:	igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt
Comments:	1 bucket: RD65-1 - one 15x15x5 cm piece grey basalt. RD65-2 - one 15x15x30 cm piece breccia. Clasts are basalt altered to red/brown and pieces of basalt breccia with a hard, possibly phosphatized matrix. Matrix cementing the large clasts is a sandy foraminiferal (planktonic) limestone. One fragment of a large shell found and several small mollusc shells. Several small pieces of similar description also recovered - fills 3/4 bucket