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A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Hills Pond Lamproite, Woodson County, Kansas |
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| Description | This extrusive igneous rock contains abundant small phenocrysts of phlogopite and serpentinized olivine, but alteration makes them hard to pick out. Finer grained apatite, diopside, richterite, perovskite, spinel and magnetite are also present but cannot be seen in this hand specimen. Serpentine and dolomite fill spaces between mineral grains. 10 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | late Cretaceous |
| Location | USA ▹ Kansas ▹ Woodson. Near Buffalo. |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-03-20. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #42. |
| Key words | lamproite, Kansas, Hill Pond Lamproite |
| Tech details | 845 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 205 |
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