Plate P5. 4.
Black to dark brown smectite vein cutting gabbro. Vein has sharp margins but
tends to follow grain boundaries. At one point it has bifurcated and enclosed a
piece of plagioclase. The small, white veinlet cutting the smectite is a
late-stage crack filled with carbonate (Sample 176-735B-133R-7, 92-98 cm). All
scale bars = 1 mm.