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Layered ultramafic, Duke Island, Alaska

The layered ultramafic rock on Duke Island, Alaska, has mineral cumulate layers that resemble the bedding of sedimentary rocks despite being in an igneous intrusion. This photo is of clinopyroxene spherules.

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Title: Layered ultramafic, Duke Island, Alaska

Caption: The layered ultramafic rock on Duke Island, Alaska, has mineral cumulate layers that resemble the bedding of sedimentary rocks despite being in an igneous intrusion. This photo is of clinopyroxene spherules.

Category: Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Fletcher & Baylis

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Image size: 5301 × 3427 px | 52.0 MB

Print size: 44.9 × 29.0 cm | 2087.0 × 1349.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALASKA • CLINOPYROXENE • CUMULATE • CUMULATES • DUKE ISLAND • DUNITE • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • IGNEOUS INTRUSION • IGNEOUS • INTRUSION • INTRUSIONS • LAYERED ULTRAMAFIC • LAYERED ULTRAMAFICS • MINERAL • MINERALS • OLIVINE • PERIDOTITE • PETROLOGY • PYROXENE • ROCK • ROCKS • SPHERULE • SPHERULES • ULTRABASIC • ULTRAMAFIC