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Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Photograph shows a piece of one of the chimneyspires in the next image. It has been cut in half and is 22 cm long.The interior of the chimney is lined by a copper-rich mineral, chalcopyrite.The gray and white zone near the exterior of the chimney is composed ofiron, zinc and barium-rich minerals called pyrite, sphalerite and barite.
Credit
Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Display Date
2004 April
Location
Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Category
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire
Keywords
Ocean Exploration