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BV-106 Hand Sample

anthhs_001. Mottled anorthosite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa - Mark Brandriss Collection. Dark orthopyroxene and/or augite surrounded by a matrix of grayish white plagioclase feldspar. Sample BV-106 (An76)



Missing Hand Sample

anthhs_002. Anorthosite from the Stillwater Igneous Complex, Montana, composed mainly of grayish-white plagioclase feldspar (An75). Sample SIC-16, Picket Pin Rd.

Missing Hand Sample

anthhs_003. Anorthosite from the Stillwater Igneous Complex, Montana, composed plagioclase feldspar (An77) with minor olivine and augite. Sample SIC-15, Benbow Road.

Missing Hand Sample

anthhs_004. Chromite anorthosite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa - Mark Brandriss Collection (BV-005). Black chromite and white plagioclase feldspar. Sample BV-005 (An56).