Scoria Scoria is another name for a highly-vesicular (almost "frothy") basalt. The black, ovals features in this photomicrograph are vesicles. Note the acicular, white plagioclase laths throughout and the euhedral, white olivine phenocryst at the lower right. |
UNC sample HAW-? | |
Rock type scoriaceous basalt | ||
Locality Hawaii | ||
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