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: URI Latitude: 12.15702 to 12.15906
Ship: Thomas G. Thompson Longitude: 143.81194 to 143.81414
Cruise: TN273 Water Depth(m): 5772 to 5469
Sample: TN273-17D Date: 20120109 to 20120109
Device: dredge, rock PI: Katherine Kelly
Storage: room temperature, dry IGSN: URI900125
Province: ridge crest

35kg of lava. 1 large gray rock. Collected from a forearc rift, SE Mariana forearc rift, smooth, dark feature in SW.

Contact URI TN273 data at R2R
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Lithology and Mineralogy: igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt
Glass and remarks: notable Mn/Fe oxide coatings
Comments: Sample TN273-17D-01-01. Rift bottom. microcrystalline basalt with 1% vesicles by volume, 55 cm in diameter
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