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Norite Hand Sample

norhs_001. Norite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa - Mark Brandriss Collection, Smith College (BV-104). Dark orthopyroxene and minor clinopyroxene surrounded by grayish white plagioclase feldspar. Approximate height in layered sequence 2100 meters.

Norite Hand Sample

norhs_002. Norite from the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa - Mark Brandriss Collection, Smith College (BV-105). Brown orthopyroxene surrounded by white plagioclase feldspar. Approximate height in layered sequence 2690 meters.