Dec 10, 2021
Hyalite and Carbonate-Rich Fluorapatite on Matrix
Locality: Valeč, Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Matrix is Augite Leucitic Tephrite +/- Magnetite
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Hyalite and Carbonate-Rich Fluorapatite on Matrix
Locality: Valeč, Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Matrix is Augite Leucitic Tephrite +/- Magnetite
Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Looking past a wall of basalt and into the crater. Upper photo shows the common leucite tephrite basalt that make up much of the flows. The lighter shaded grains are white leucite crystals.
Leucite tephrite basalts on the slope of Vesuvius.