| Description |
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| Material: | Rock |
| Classification: | Igneous>Volcanic>Mafic |
| Field Name: | Boninite |
| Description: | Large piece of top crust or huge pillow from new lava flow area (40-45m thick) with thick sediment and depressions containing gold floc. Green crystals in the boninite are probably clinipyroxene. Lots of vesicles in the lava. In area of deep sediments. Very vesicular on the bottom. Glassy on the top. ~30 cm broken in half. |
| Age (min): | Not Provided |
| Age (max): | Not Provided |
| Collection Method: | Grab>ROV |
| Collection Method Description: | ROV manipulator |
| Size: | 16x15x10 cm |
| Geological Age: | Not Provided |
| Geological Unit: | Not Provided |
| Comment: | Not Provided |
| Purpose: | research |
| Geolocation |
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| Latitude (WGS84): | -15.08842818 |
| Longitude (WGS84): | -173.7378161 |
| Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | Not Provided |
| Zone: | Not Provided |
| Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
| Elevation Start: | -1592.15 meters |
| Elevation End: | Not Provided |
| Nav Type: | DVL/USBL:Renav |
| Physiographic Feature: | seamount |
| Name Of Physiographic Feature: | West Mata |
| Location Description: | Upper NE Rift |
| Locality: | NE Lau Basin |
| Locality Description: | Not Provided |
| Country: | Not Provided |
| State/Province: | Not Provided |
| County: | Not Provided |
| City: | Not Provided |
| Collection |
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| Field Program/Cruise: | FK171110 |
| Platform Type: | Ship |
| Platform Name: | R/V Falkor |
| Platform Description: | Not Provided |
| Launch Type: | ROV |
| Launch Platform Name: | SuBastian |
| Launch ID: | S86 |
| Collector/Chief Scientist: | Ken Rubin |
| Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1680 East West Rd., Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 |
| Collection Start Date: | 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z |
| Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
| Curation |
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| Current Archive: | University of Hawaii |
| Current Archive Contact Details: | Ken Rubin |
| Original Archive: | Not Provided |
| Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | | Siblings: | No Siblings |
| Children: | No Children |
