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12047 (8) - Ilmenite basalt

12047 is a medium-grained, equigranular rock. The intergrown of lath-shaped plagioclase and equant to slightly elongate pyroxene suggests coetectic crystallisation. Elongate ilmenite and small segregations of “symplectoid mesostasis” are common features. 

The sample weighed 193…

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