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Text Description: 2008 pyroclastic flows - unanalyzed scoria. Single 20-cm brown pumice from lower of 2 conspicuous coarse-grained fall deposits; clots of large hb and plag. Dark, brownish-gray scoria. Abt inclusions of cm-sized amph, plag, microgabbro. Also wispy banding (mm x cm) w/ lt brownish-gray magma. NOT ANALYZED because of inclusions. References:  Geology of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska |
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