| Description |
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| Material: | Rock |
| Classification: | Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic |
| Field Name: | basalt |
| Description: | ~45 kg of older (?), weathered lavas with glass; general types collected: 1) Non-vesicular sheet lavas - possibly olivine, maybe plagioclase tool; "crumbly" glass. 2) Vesicular pillow fragments - Mn coating on all the samples; irregular shaped vesicles ~0.2 cm up to ~1.0 cm diameter; glassy surfaces; no apparent phenocrysts. 3) Weathered lavas - irregular shaped vesicles, also pipe vesicles; glassy; no apparent phenocrysts. (A pumice piece too!) 4) "Blue glass": plagioclase spherulites + dense glass piece. |
| Age (min): | Not Provided |
| Age (max): | Not Provided |
| Collection Method: | Dredging>ChainBagDredge |
| Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
| Size: | Not Provided |
| Geological Age: | Not Provided |
| Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
| Comment: | Not Provided |
| Purpose: | Geological studies |
| Geolocation |
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| Latitude Start (WGS84): | -3.205 |
| Latitude End: | Not Provided |
| Longitude Start (WGS84): | 150.204 |
| Longitude End: | Not Provided |
| Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Zone: | Not Provided |
| Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
| Elevation Start: | -2490 meters |
| Elevation End: | Not Provided |
| Nav Type: | Not Provided |
| Physiographic Feature: | W Pacific Ocean |
| Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Manus Basin |
| Location Description: | Not Provided |
| Locality: | Not Provided |
| Locality Description: | Not Provided |
| Country: | Not Provided |
| State/Province: | Not Provided |
| County: | Not Provided |
| City: | Not Provided |
| Collection |
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| Field Program/Cruise: | MW8518 |
| Platform Type: | Not Provided |
| Platform Name: | Moana Wave |
| Platform Description: | Not Provided |
| Launch Type: | Not Provided |
| Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
| Launch ID: | Not Provided |
| Collector/Chief Scientist: | Not Provided |
| Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
| Collection Start Date: | 1986-01-03 |
| Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
| Curation |
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| Current Archive: | SOEST |
| Current Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Original Archive: | Not Provided |
| Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | | Siblings: | No Siblings |
| Children: | No Children |
