Figure F13. Core images and thin section photomicrographs of an olivine-bearing gabbronorite, Sample 345-U1415I, 4R-1 (Piece 8a, 48–50 cm); Thin Section 22. A. Position from which the thin section was cut is marked. B. Plane-polarized light thin section image. C. Cross-polarized light thin section image. Note the subparallel alignment of tabular plagioclase and clinopyroxene following the foliation of the rock in B and C. Cpx = clinopyroxene, Ol = olivine, Opx = orthopyroxene.
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