Figure F14. Photomicrographs of an iron oxyhydroxide pseudomorph of olivine and a brown saponitic alteration halo flanking a polymineralic vein of celadonite and iron oxyhydroxides (Sample 329-U1367F-4R-1, 51–53 cm). Fe-ox = iron oxyhydroxide, Cel = celadonite, Sap = saponite. Top image is shown in plane-polarized light. Bottom image was taken in crossed polarized light at 5× magnification.
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