SOUTH AFRICA
ARIZONA, USA
EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES
Mantle Xenoliths
For collections inquiries, please contact Curator Ed Mathez (mathez@amnh.org) or Collections Manager Njoki Gitahi (ngitahi@amnh.org)
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SA98, B07
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Basalt, diorite, eclogite, hornfels, lherzolite and peridotite xenoliths
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Kimberly (various mines), Bushveld
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Various xenoliths collected by George Harlow from several mines in 1998 and by Ed Mathez from the Bushveld intrusion in 2007.
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SB84, PA, JA
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Peridotite, eclogite and granulite xenoliths
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Sullivan Butte, The Thumb, San Carlos, Benham Ranch, Flagstaff
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Xenoliths collected by several researchers from areas in Arizona from 1960s to present.
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LEUR86, JA
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Gabbro, lherzolite, granodiorite and pyroxenite xenoliths
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Mt. Leura (Newer Field)
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19 mantle rocks collected by Irving/Mathez in 1986 and xenoliths from the Jagoutz collection.
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AUSTRALIA
JAGOUTZ COLLECTION
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JA
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Peridotite, eclogite, basalt, lherzolite and other xenolith types
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Salt Lake Crater (Hawaii), Puy de Beaunit, Mount Brainsac, Rio del Inferno, Wowen's Valley, Black Rock, Vogelsberg, Oberpfalz, Geeser Maar, Roter berg, Landoz, Dreiser Weiher, others
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Comprehensive collection of hundreds of mantle xenoliths donated by Emil Jagoutz.
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