Highly Plag-phyric Basalt from Hector Guyot | Open Full Resolution Image
Large, abundant plagioclase crystals dominate samples from Hector and Omura Guyots. Shown here is sample D38-01, as a whole rock on the left, as a thin section slab in the center and in plane- and cross-polarized light on the right (Scale: standard thin section size of 27 x 46 mm). Read more about the Walvis Ridge Project.