In things that make me happy, a bit of the collection...Lawsonite blueschist, eclogitic blueschist, glaucophanite, various eclogites, orthopyroxenite, clinopyroxenite, garnet websterite

#eclogite #pyroxenite #blueschist #clinopyroxenite #websterite #garnet #metamorphic #geology #geoscience

Strange #clinopyroxenite mantle #xenolith hosted by rejuvenation-stage #Kauaʻi Kōloa Volcanics nephelinite(?). Unlike Oʻahu Honolulu Volcanics lavas for which carbonatite metasomatism in their petrogenesis is debatable, evidence is more robust for Kōloa.

#pyroxenite #volcano #geology #geoscience

Clinopyroxenite and dunite xenoliths
Kolekole Member of the Waiʻanae Volcanics
Waiʻanae, Oʻahu

#xenolith #clinopyroxenite #pyroxenite #volcano #geology #geoscience #dunite #peridotite

Clinopyroxenite xenolith
Kolekole Member of the Waiʻanae Volcanics
Waiʻanae, Oʻahu

#xenolith #clinopyroxenite #pyroxenite #volcano #geology #geoscience

Packard #Quartz #Latite, #Tintic Mountains, #Utah
Thought to originate from a Cu-rich #phlogopite #clinopyroxenite source via #metasomatized lithospheric mantle. Some of the craziest dikes I've ever seen.

#Clinopyroxenite and #gabbroic #xenoliths
#Laupāhoehoe Volcanics, #Maunakea.
These #mafic-#ultramafic xenoliths are #Hāmākua #Volcanics cumulates.

#geoscience #geology #volcanology #Hawaiʻi

Currently back in Hawaiʻi among #Honolulu #Volcanics #ultramafic #mantle xenoliths.

1. #Garnet #clinopyroxenite
2. #Spinel #lherzolite
3. Garnet clinopyroxenite hosted in #melilite #nephelinite #tuff
4. Hybrid(?) #Pyroxenite - #peridotite #xenolith

#geoscience #geology #volcanology #volcano

#Garnet- bearing #Clinopyroxenite mantle xenolith
Honolulu Volcanics, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi

#pyroxenite #xenolith #geology #volcanology