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Figure F7. Type II: volcanics. Type II includes silicates (plagioclase, pyroxenes [difficult to identify; characteristic lines masked by plagioclase lines], and hornblende [Hb]), glass (bulge under the main plagioclase lines), minor and variable carbonates (mainly calcite), and highly variable clay mineral contents (smectite and kaolinite; see Fig. F8). An = anorthite. Samples 340-U1394B-12H-3, 129–130 cm (black), and 3H-1, 72–74 cm (red).

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