Paleocene

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%.