Figure F21. Mineral textures in the layered series, Site U1415. A. Clinopyroxene oikocryst-bearing troctolite (Sample 345-U1415J-8R-3, 79–91 cm [Piece 4B]). White box in the core image shows location of the thin section photomicrograph to the right which shows a large clinopyroxene oikocryst in the lower left. B. Close-up of skeletal olivine (white arrow) in a coarse-grained, multitextured orthopyroxene-bearing olivine gabbro (Sample 345-U1415P-10R-1 [Piece 7, 56–69 cm]). Photomicrograph on far right shows skeletal olivine in a medium-grained troctolite (Sample 345-U1415J-10R-1 [Piece 6b, 53–55 cm]).
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