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Repository:	URI	Latitude:	12.3251 to 12.32701
Ship:	Thomas G. Thompson	Longitude:	143.70563 to 143.70615
Cruise:	TN273	Water Depth(m):	4131 to 3960
Sample:	TN273-20D	Date:	20120110 to 20120110
Device:	dredge, rock	PI:	Katherine Kelly
Storage:	room temperature, dry	IGSN:	URI900133
1kg of lava. One clast and small pieces in pipe dredge. Collected from a forearc rift, SE Mariana forearc rift, deep basin on west side.

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TN273 data at R2R

1 :    IGSN URI900134
Lithology and Mineralogy:	igneous (extrusive/volcanic), basalt, vesicular (>10% vesicles)
Comments:	Sample TN273-20D-01-01. Rift bottom. vesicular basalt, vesicles 3-5 mm in diameter and 20% by volume, Mn coating and some brown sediment stuck to the exterior
2 :    IGSN URI900135
Lithology and Mineralogy:	sedimentary (chemical), Mn/Fe oxide crusts and nodules
Comments:	Sample TN273-20D-02-01. Rift bottom. brown, fine grained sediment with black rock framents approximately 1 mm in diameter