
Figure F6.
Photomicrograph in
plane-polarized light of Sample 187-1156A-2R-1, 8-12 cm (see "Site
1156 Thin Sections"), showing ~1% smectite and Fe oxyhydroxide
replacement of the groundmass in this basalt. Note the initial stages of
alteration along cracks within the plagioclase phenocryst.

