| Repository: | University of Hawaii at Manoa Contact the Curator |
| Ship: | Moana Wave |
| Cruise: | MW8805 |
| Sample: | MW8805 STA66 RD66 |
| Device: | dredge, rock |
| Latitude: | 15.874 |
| Longitude: | 155.172 |
| Water Depth(m): | 1555 |
| Date: | 19880526 |
| IGSN: | IEUHM006O |
| Storage: | room temperature, dry |
| Province: | seamount or seamount province |
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Central Pacific Ocean, Magellan Seamounts. Chain bag dredge. Field description: basalt | |
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| Lithology/Mineralogy: | igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt |
| Comments: | RD66-1 - 3 pieces (~10x10x5 cm) breccia with brown basalt clasts (~1cm size) and tan planktonic foram matrix. RD66-2 - 1 piece (~15x15x15 cm) breccia with 4-6 cm clasts of microbreccias and highly vesicular basalts. The large clasts are cemented onto a core of extremely hard, white planktic foram limestone. |