Paleocene

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Basalt. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite-basalt, basalt. In the upper part of the rock there is andesite-basalt, in the lower part it is basalt. Macrophoto - the first andesite-basalt, the last - basalt Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. Massive texture, aphyric structure. Phenocrysts: plagioclase, hornblende, rarely pyroxene. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite-basalt. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. In porphyry phenocrysts: plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesitic porphyrites form a horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. Porphyry phenocrysts - plagioclase. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Rock type: 
Age: 
61 millions years

Great Britain, , Northern Ireland, Giant's Causeway. Basalt. Paleogene. Paleocene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Pissouri. Limestones and marls. Paleogene. The second photo shows the bodies of serpentinite, at the bottom (dark). Age uncertain.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Avakas Gorge, Peyia. Limestones and marls. Paleogene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
40 millions years

Cyprus, Avakas Gorge, Peyia. Limestones and marls. Paleogene.

Rock type: 
Age: 
57 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory. Dyke alaskite granite. Paleocene. Consist: quartz 30-38%, K-spar 40-55%, plagioclase 15-25%, biotite up to 3%. Plagioclase - oligoclase, rare - oligoclase-albite, albite. Accessory: magnetite, zircon, apatite, monazite. Silicate analysis: SiO2 74-77%, TiO2 0.1-0.2%, Al2O3 13-14%, Fe2O3 0.3-0.5%, FeO 0.7-1.6%, MnO 0.01-0.04%, MgO 0.1-0.3%, CaO 0.2-0.5%, Na2O 2.7-3.4%, K2O 4%, SO3 0%, P2O5 0-0.03%, CO3 0-0.4%.