THIN SECTION: "U1301B-14R-1, 90-92 cm (Piece 11)" TS # 25 Unit:2B "OBSERVER: MS, RC" ROCK NAME: Moderately olivine-clinopyroxene-plagioclase phyric basalt WHERE SAMPLED: Flow interior GRAIN SIZE: Microcrystalline TEXTURE: "Intersertal to intergranular, glomeroporphyritic, vesicular" PRIMARY PERCENT PERCENT SIZE (mm) APPROX. MINERALOGY PRESENT ORIGINAL min. max. av. COMP. MORPHOLOGY COMMENTS PHENOCRYSTS Plagioclase 5 5 0.7 2 1.6 Euhedral Occurs as single crystals/stubby laths. Clinopyroxene 1 1 0.9 1.6 1.4 Euhedral to anhedral Present as glomeroporphyritic clots associated with plagioclase laths. Olivine 0 Tr 0.3 0.8 0.5 Euhedral Completely replaced by brown saponite and Feox. GROUNDMASS Plagioclase 30 30 <0.4 Euhedral Laths and needles. Clinopyroxene 32 32 <0.3 Anhedral Olivine 0 12 <0.3 Euhedral Opaque Tr Round In mesostasis. Mesostasis 20 20 "Sheaf-spherulitic texture, with opaque minerals." SECONDARY SIZE (mm) MINERALOGY PERCENT min. max. av. REPLACING / FILLING COMMENTS Saponite + celadonito? 11 "Olivine, mesostasis, vesicles" "Fibrous/round, brown to green saponite.." Feox / hematite Tr "Vesicles, mesostasis" Pyrite Tr Mesostasis Present in the mesostasis. VESICLES/ SIZE (mm) CAVITIES PERCENT LOCATION min. max. av. FILLING / MORPHOLOGY COMMENTS Vesicles 5 Even 0.5 1.7 1 "Saponite, opaque minerals" COMMENTS : "Disseminated micro-pyrite vein (pyrite front, bounding halo portion of slide) green clay restricted to halo area."