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Leg : 63    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  130/ 150  Describer: Pisciotto, K.
Hole: 472   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   112.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   112.14   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 1C

ROCK = PLAG MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT
       PLUS ASSOCIATED HYALOCLASTITE;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC,
       DEVITRIFIED GLASS;
       Where sampled: GLASSY MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    2%)
             Size(mm):      0.5-1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL
             CLUSTERS OF LATHS IN DEVITRIFIED SPHERULITIC
             GLASS*

Groundmass - OLIVINE
             POSSIBLY PRESENT AS UNRESOLVABLE MICROCRYSTALLINE
             GRANULAR MESOSTASIS;

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    5%)
             Size(mm):       <0.1  Morphology: EUHEDRAL,LATHS
             SMALL LATHS IN GLASS;

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (    2%)

             GLASS                     (   71%)
             UNALTERED GLASS (30%) AND SPHERULITIC DEVITRIFIED
             GLASS (40%)*

Alteration - CLAY MINERALS             (   10%)
             POSSIBLY SILICA,CEMENTS GLASSY FRAGMENTS TOGETHER;

             ZEOLITE                   (   TR%)
             Location: CRACKS




Leg : 63    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  530/ 570  Describer: Pisciotto, K.
Hole: 472   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   112.00   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  14   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   114.05   Sect/Pc #:  2/PCE 7

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: APHYRIC,GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC,HYALOPILITIC
       GROUNDMASS;
       Where sampled: NEXT TO GLASSY MARGIN*

Phenocrysts- PLAGIOCLASE               (    1%)
             Size(mm):    0.2-0.3  Morphology: LATHS
             BUNCHES OF LATH-SHAPED XTLS,MICROPHENOS*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   30%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.1  Morphology: ACICULAR PRISMS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)
             Size(mm):  0.01-0.03  Morphology: DENDRITIC,EQUANT

             MICROCRYST GROUNDMASS     (   36%)
             SPHERULITIC (PARTIALLY DEVITRIFIED) GLASS,PERHAPS
             AS MUCH AS 15% OF THIS IS MICROGRANULAR OL*

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  0.2-0.5
             Percent:   2-3
             Location: SCATTERED
             Filling: EMPTY,CLAY.MIN
             Shape: CIRCULAR
             EMPTY BUT A FEW ARE FILLED WITH BROWN CLAY*




Leg : 63    Top/Bottom Interval(mm):  400/ 420  Describer: Pisciotto, K.
Hole: 472   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   119.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  15   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   119.91   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 4D

ROCK = APHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: APHYRIC,INTERGRANULAR GROUNDMASS;
       Where sampled: FLOW INTERIOR*

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   40%)
             Size(mm):    0.1-0.2  Morphology: PRISMATIC-LATHS

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   30%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.1  Morphology: ANHEDRAL-GRANULAR

             MAGNETITE                 (   10%)
             Size(mm):      <0.05
             IDENTITY UNCERTAIN,SMALL CUBE-SHAPED GRAINS AND
             CUBIC MASSES;

             MESOSTASIS                (  2-3%)
             SMALL PATCHES BETWEEN PYX AND FELDSPAR*

Alteration - CALCITE
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):      0.2
             Percent:   2-3
             Location: SCATTERED
             Filling: EMPTY,CALCITE
             Shape: CIRCULAR
             EMPTY BUT A FEW ARE FILLED WITH CALCITE*




Leg : 63    Top/Bottom Interval(mm): 1400/1420  Describer: Shibata, T.
Hole: 472   Top of Core Depth(m)   :   128.50   Rock Type: IGNEOUS
Core:  16   Sample Midpoint(m)     :   129.91   Sect/Pc #:  1/PCE 12C

ROCK = PLAG-OL MODERATELY PHYRIC BASALT;
       Texture: MODERATELY PORPHYRITIC,GLOMEROPORPHYRITIC,
       SUBVARIOLITIC GROUNDMASS*

Phenocrysts- OLIVINE                   (    3%)
             Size(mm):    0.5-1.0  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

             PLAGIOCLASE               (    3%)
             Size(mm):    0.5-1.0  Morphology: EUHEDRAL

Groundmass - PLAGIOCLASE               (   32%)
             Size(mm):   0.05-0.2  Morphology: SKELETAL

             CLINOPYROXENE             (   40%)
             Size(mm):   0.02-0.1  Morphology: FEATHERY,DENDRITIC

             OPAQUE MINERALS           (   TR%)
             Size(mm):  0.01-0.03

             MICROCRYST GROUNDMASS     (   20%)

Alteration - CALCITE                   (  0.5%)
             Location: VESICLES

             CLAY MINERALS             (  0.5%)
             Location: VESICLES

Vesicles   -
             Size(mm):  0.5-0.7
             Percent:     1
             Filling: CALCITE,
             Shape: IRREGULAR

             Filling: CLAY.MIN




    

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Cite as: Deep Sea Drilling Project (1989): Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi:10.7289/V54M92G2 [access date]

These Web pages are from the Core Data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 1-96 CD-ROM produced in 1989 and modified in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center (now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information), and collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, Boulder (now part of the World Data Service for Geophysics). Data were compiled in cooperation with the U.S. Science Support Program, of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (now the Consortium for Ocean Leadership), and the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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