THIN SECTION:	"U1301B-6R-2, 44-46 cm (Piece 7)"				TS #	14	Unit:1C	"OBSERVER: RC, MS"
ROCK NAME: 	Highly clinopyroxene-plagioclase phyric basalt							
WHERE SAMPLED:	Pillow interior							
GRAIN SIZE:	Cryptocrystalline							
TEXTURE:	"Intersertal, glomeroporphyritic."							
PRIMARY	PERCENT 	PERCENT	SIZE (mm)			APPROX.		
MINERALOGY	PRESENT 	ORIGINAL	min.	max.	av.	COMP.	MORPHOLOGY	COMMENTS
PHENOCRYSTS								
Plagioclase	5	5	0.5	2.7	1.2		Euhedral to skeletal	"Occurs as laths, and mono- and bi-mineralic glomeroporphyritic clots with pyroxene. "
Clinopyroxene	2	2	0.3	0.5	0.4		Subhedral to anhedral	Present as glomeroporphyritic clots associated with plagioclase laths.


GROUNDMASS								
Plagioclase	25	25		<0.5			Euhedral	Microlaths and needles.
Clinopyroxene	5	5		<0.3			Euhedral to anhedral	Occurs singly or attached to/intergrown with plagioclase.
Olivine	0	2		<0.5			Subhedral	
Mesostasis	58	59						

SECONDARY			SIZE (mm)					
MINERALOGY	PERCENT		min.	max.	av.		REPLACING / FILLING	COMMENTS
Saponite	5						"Olivine, mesostasis, vein"	Brown to green color in the vesicles and olivine phenocrysts.


VESICLES/			SIZE (mm)					
CAVITIES	PERCENT	 LOCATION	min.	max.	av.		FILLING / MORPHOLOGY	COMMENTS
Vesicles	2	Even	0.1	0.5	0.3		Saponite	



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