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Project Acronym: LVEW | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5024

ins.: 2022-11-04 12:50; ( Age: 2 yrs )
By: sql
Category: Long Valley

Long Valley LVEW: 1998-08-24

At 8780 the calcareous bands in the metapelite contain
Garnet and wollastonite mineralization in a calcareous sandstone lens in the metapelite. This photomicrograph taken from a sample at 8078'.

At ~8780', the calcareous bands in the metapelite contain wollastonite, cordierite, and garnet porphyroblasts; the graphitic and siliceous bands now contain hornblende. The metamorphic grade has increased to a pelitic hornfels.