West Texas Fieldtrip:
Day 2 -- Kilbourne Hole to Monahans

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We spent the first half of the day prospecting for more xenoliths at Kilbourne hole. this is Tamara Goldin searching for them.
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Carl races to beat Ralph to a xenolith.
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Using the handlens.
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John Moores has a different interpretation of 'rock hammer' than the rest of us. Jani Radebaugh and Carl Hergenrother look on.
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Jani Radebaugh.
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Ralph Lorenz and Tamara Goldin.
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The olivine is the green crystals on the rock that is above and to the right of the hand lens.
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L to R: Jade Bond, Mandy Proctor, David Kring, Maki Hattori, Gordon Osinski, Tamara Goldin, Carl Hergenrother.
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Jade Bond -- I needn't say more.
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Maki Hatori and Mandy Proctor.
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We tried to put the rocks into their stratographic order, from origin closest to the surface to farthest. Oleg Abramov ponders where to put his rock.
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This is my collection of rocks.
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L to R: Jani Radebaugh, Jay Melosh, Oleg Abramov, Maki Hattori, and Jade Bond.
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Abby Sheffer, Ralph Lorenz, and John Moores look on as Dave Kring tries to evaluate a xenolith.
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Our Earth cross-section. Closest to the camera is closest to the surface, the field trip participants are clustered around the mantle.
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Admiring the strat column. L to R: Gwen Bart, John Moores, Jim Richardson, Oleg Abramov, Jani Radebaugh, Carl Hergenrother, Maki Hattori, Jade Bond, Jay Melosh, Tamara Goldin, Gordon Osinski, Mandy Proctor, Dave Kring, [unkown], and Ralph Lorenz.