 Renard (1888, fig. 20)
Description Basalt of Table Mountain. Microscopic section of an inclusion in this rock. The inclusion
is formed (a) of olivine in cracked, colourless, irregular grains; (b) rhombic pyroxene, lamellated, and light green in colour ; (c) greenish grains of augite. The inclusion also contains brownish sections of chromite or picotite, which are not figured. 1/20 crossed nicols.
Plaats: Kerguelen Island
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added on 2012-07-16758 viewsFrom reference Renard, A. (1888). Report on the rock specimens collected... (page 126)
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