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P. Kyle House, PhD., Surficial Geologic Mapping Specialist / Geomorphologist

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Here are some images that show that status of the olivine mineral separation efforts. This sample contains the most olivine so far. It is one of two samples from the upstream end of T4 in The Hole in the Ground. Can someone tell me if two samples we…


Here are some images that show that status of the olivine mineral separation efforts. This sample contains the most olivine so far. It is one of two samples from the upstream end of T4 in The Hole in the Ground. Can someone tell me if two samples were collected from the same rock?

Anyway the point of this post is to show Cassie the status of our efforts to separate and clean the olivine crystals. On several crystals you can see some adhering matrix crud. We know we need to get that off. As for the black specks...?

Olivine Separates: 051107-2(3)

March 06, 2009 by Kyle House
March 06, 2009 /Kyle House
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