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Lost City Expedition 2005. Serpentinites form when seawater reacts withperidotite - rocks that form the Earth's mantle and have been brought upto the seafloor by tectonic processes. This is a sample of a serpentiniterecovered from the Atlantis Massif. Thin fractures in the serpentiniteare filled with calcium carbonate. Sample is 16cm wide.
Photographer
G. Fruh-Green.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Keywords
Ocean Exploration