A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Diabase, St. Peter's, Pennsylvania |
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| Description | This sample of diabase, from St. Peter's, Pennsylvania, USA, contains white lathes of plagioclase mixed with darker clinopyroxene. In thin section, abundant chlorite can also be seen. This sample is about 9 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Pennsylvania. Near St. Peter's. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-15. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #126. |
| Key words | diabase, Pennsylvania |
| Tech details | 527 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 454 |
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