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Amphibole from Mount St. Helens

1905 (approx.)

Detailed Description

Extremely fine-grained, black-rimmed amphibole phenocrysts from the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Rock sample is cryptodome dacite.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

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