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Pseudomorphs after olivine in Markle basalt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

W. W. Smith*
Affiliation:
The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen, Scotland

Summary

Pseudomorphs after olivine in Markle basalt from Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, consist of an intimate mixture of hematite and chlorite, along with a small percentage of quartz. A definite relationship exists between the orientations of the two main constituents and is dependent upon their structures.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1959, The Mineralogical Society

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