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Sample 8
NavDat sample number 18236 · PERIDOTITE
Sample
| Sample ID | 8 |
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| Rock name | PERIDOTITE |
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| Rock type | PLUTONIC |
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| Composition | ULTRAMAFIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | large euhedral to anhedral forsteritic olivine, sometimes accompanied by large phlogopite phenocrysts; matrix of microphenocrysts of forsteritic olivine, monticellite, nepheline, rare sodalite, and smaller perovskite, Ti-magnetite, and apatite; interstitual, tabular, or poikilitic phlogopite, serpentine, and late-crystallizing primary or secondary calcite; secondary analcite, natrolite, pectolite, apophyllite and rare hydrated Ca-silicates |
Location
| Latitude | 47.8336 |
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| Longitude | -109.216 |
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| Location | Missouri River Breaks |
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| State / province | Montana |
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| Volcanic field | Lone Tree Ridge diatreme |
Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
| 48 |
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46 |
51 |
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