| Description |
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| Material: | Rock |
| Classification: | Igneous>Volcanic>Ultramafic |
| Field Name: | Pyroxene-basalt |
| Description: | dark grey porphyritic fine grained; Crystallinity Index- 05; Composition- microcrysts of pyroxene, olivine and pyroxene phenocrysts; External- float; Internal- porphyritic, phenocrysts 1-5 mm diameter |
| Age (min): | 0 Ma |
| Age (max): | 2.6 Ma |
| Collection Method: | Not Provided |
| Collection Method Description: | Not Provided |
| Size: | Not Provided |
| Geological Age: | Pleistocene-Holocene |
| Geological Unit: | Tepi Basalt |
| Comment: | Not Provided |
| Purpose: | Not Provided |
| Geolocation |
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| Latitude (WGS84): | 7.35934 |
| Longitude (WGS84): | 35.46789743 |
| Northing (m) (UTM NAD83): | 814225 |
| Easting (m) (UTM NAD83): | 772450 |
| Zone: | 36N |
| Vertical Datum: | Not Provided |
| Elevation Start: | 2135 meters |
| Elevation End: | Not Provided |
| Nav Type: | Not Provided |
| Physiographic Feature: | Rift Zone |
| Name Of Physiographic Feature: | Tepi Shield |
| Location Description: | floats of porphyritic pyroxene-basalt, no outcrop |
| Locality: | Not Provided |
| Locality Description: | Not Provided |
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| State/Province: | Southern Nations, Nationals, and Peoples |
| County: | Not Provided |
| City: | Not Provided |
| Collection |
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| Field Program/Cruise: | Omo River Project |
| Platform Type: | Not Provided |
| Platform Name: | Not Provided |
| Platform Description: | Not Provided |
| Launch Type: | Not Provided |
| Launch Platform Name: | Not Provided |
| Launch ID: | Not Provided |
| Collector/Chief Scientist: | A. Davidson |
| Collector/Chief Scientist Detail: | Not Provided |
| Collection Start Date: | Not Provided |
| Collection End Date: | Not Provided |
| Curation |
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| Current Archive: | Michigan State University Geoanalytical Laboratory |
| Current Archive Contact Details: | Tyrone Rooney (rooneyt@msu.edu) |
| Original Archive: | Canadian Geological Survey |
| Original Archive Contact Details: | Not Provided |
| Related Samples |
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Parents: | No Parents | | Siblings: | No Siblings |
| Children: | No Children |
