Fractured Serpentinite
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
Regularly-spaced, anastomosing fractures in serpentinite. Sample from the Franciscan melange, Pacific coast of San Francisco. No wonder they fracture- serpentinization increases the volume of the rock by more than 30%!
Taken on 14
December
2014
Submitted on 14 Jan 2015
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- Exact location (-122.4784 W, 37.8069 N)
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