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Hornfels
This hornfels was collected from a section of contact metamorphism immediately above the dolerite of the formation from the farm Murrelfontein. It has "spots" of quartz, most likely inverted from tridymite spherulites, in a matrix of devitrified…
Hornfels, Dark Brown
Rock Sample:
The sample is fine-grained, and the majority of the rock is dark grey in color. There is a 2.5x4cm white crystal formation on the upper edge of the sample. There are fractures running through the sample. There is some chemical…
The sample is fine-grained, and the majority of the rock is dark grey in color. There is a 2.5x4cm white crystal formation on the upper edge of the sample. There are fractures running through the sample. There is some chemical…
Hornfels, Green Diopside bearing
Rock Sample:
The sample is metamorphic. It is green to light-green in color. There are very course grained tabular zones of metamorphism (12x4cm) and light to dark layering with non-uniform shapes and patterns. The grains are aphanitic. The…
The sample is metamorphic. It is green to light-green in color. There are very course grained tabular zones of metamorphism (12x4cm) and light to dark layering with non-uniform shapes and patterns. The grains are aphanitic. The…
Hypersthene Quartz Diorite
Hypersthene Quartz Diorite from the Spaulding Quartz Diorite. Thin section contains pyroxene, quartz, biotite, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar. Hand sample shows micas, quartz, feldspars, and pyroxene.
Ijolite
Recently exhumed ijolite from shallow bulldozer cut.
Hand Sample: Shows traces of iron oxidation in isolated areas. Small (> 0.5 mm in diameter) nodules, with the appearance of small sand grains appear in clusters on one face of the rock (not…
Hand Sample: Shows traces of iron oxidation in isolated areas. Small (> 0.5 mm in diameter) nodules, with the appearance of small sand grains appear in clusters on one face of the rock (not…
Ijolite
Hand Sample:
Rock is comprised almost entirely K-Feldspar.
Rock is comprised almost entirely K-Feldspar.
Ilmenite.
Hand Sample:
Composed entirely of Ilmenite.
Composed entirely of Ilmenite.