Blades of olivine in ultramafic rock from northern Sierra Nevada, California

Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
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Abstract

Blades of olivine in random arrangement crystallized in a small body of serpentine just north of the Grizzly pluton as a result of contact metamorphism. Interstitial minerals are talc, chlorite, and minor amount of cummingtonite.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Blades of olivine in ultramafic rock from northern Sierra Nevada, California
Series title Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
Volume 5
Issue 2
Year Published 1977
Language English
Publisher U. S. Geological Survey
Description 3 p.
First page 217
Last page 219
Country United States
State California
Other Geospatial Rock Creek, Sierra Nevada, Spring Valley Lake
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