#augite

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

1 month ago

I'm back in Hawaiʻi
And here is a titaniferous #augite glomerocryst with #olivine ingrowths

Koko Rift, #Honolulu #Volcanics
#Oʻahu, #Hawaiʻi

#geoscience #clinopyroxene #mineral #titanaugite #geology

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Anathexyz

@nathe.xyz

6 months ago

#MinCup25 Oh gosh this one is probably the most difficult to vote for...

#Haüyne Vs #Jeremjevite.

Both gorgeous sky blue hues, the former tied to lots of memories of mineral hunting (along with #augite, if you know the place), the latter showing a magnificent pleochroism...

Tough choice...

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Sean David

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

7 months ago

Titaniferous #augite
Koko Rift, #Honolulu #Volcanics
#Oʻahu, #Hawaiʻi

#geoscience #clinopyroxene #mineral #titanaugite #geology

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Sean David

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

7 months ago

Titaniferous #augite with #olivine ingrowths
Koko Rift, #Honolulu #Volcanics
#Oʻahu, #Hawaiʻi

#geoscience #clinopyroxene #mineral #titanaugite #geology

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Sean David

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

1 year ago

Titaniferous #augite and #olivine phenocrysts in #basanite
Koko Rift of the #Honolulu #Volcanics
#Oʻahu, #Hawaiʻi

#geoscience #clinopyroxene #mineral

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Wolfgang Büttner

@wbuett.bsky.social

1 year ago

Extraordinary large euhedral #Augite in leucocratic volcanite at #Tenerife, #Anaga mountains near Benijo.

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Sean David

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Olivine and #augite #sand deposited along stream channels after yesterday's storm
Koko Rift, #Honolulu #Volcanics

Both were eroded out of basanite.

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Sean David

@vaccinium-sultan.bsky.social

1 year ago

Currently at the Koko Rift of the #Honolulu #Volcanics

1. #olivine phenocrysts in #basanite

2. Titaniferous #augite #clinopyroxene in basanite

3. Accidental fragment of Koʻolau
#Basalt in tuff

3. Fragment of #coral, this vent erupted through #reef

#geoscience #geology #volcanology
#volcano