Enstatite from Summit Rock, Oregon

microcollector · Post by **microcollector** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:49 pm

This photo is from a presentaion that I am preparing, The long crystal is enstatite. The metallic hexagonal plates are ilmenite. This was self collected at Summit rock, Klamath County, Oregon. The image is a stack of 105 images done with Helicon Focus.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:06 pm

Elegant! What are the two small red flakes just above the enstatite?

--Rik

microcollector · Post by **microcollector** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:41 pm

Rik,

These were assumed to be very thin hematite crystals which would appear red. Now it is believed that they be phlogopite mica colored by hematite. I will be sending some of this material off to an individual who is doing a study on this locality so he may analyze them.

Doug