National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Satellite and Information Service US National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples

Repository: LDEO Latitude: 54.4416
Ship: Robert D. Conrad Longitude: 179.4533
Cruise: RC14 (RC1406) Water Depth(m): 677 to 476
Sample: 010RD Date: 19710816
Device: dredge, rock PI:
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN:

Contact LDEO RC14 data at NGDC RC1406 data at MGDS
1 :    bulk weight = 4.536 kg
Comments: ~10 lbs
Description: 3 rocks of basal which appear to be cemented together biologically to form a conglomeritic form. Sponge skeletons. Unidentified species resembling a fan coral, containing a strong bioluminescence of dark greenish blue, activated by touch.
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