Ophiolite Photo Glossary
Cyprus Ophiolite (from bottom to top)
Massive dunite, Troodos Mts
Peridotite, Troodos Mts
asbestos veining in peridotite, Troodos Mts
layered gabbros, Troodos Mts
magmatic layering, gabbro, Troodos Mts
mafic dikes cutting massive gabbro, Troodos Mts
sheeted dikes, Troodos (Jon Naden from BGS for scale)
sheeted dikes, Troodos Complex, Cyprus
epidosite, N Troodos (Simon Jowett for scale)
epidosite close-up
pillow lavas cut by dikes, N Troodos foothills
pillow lavas, N Troodos foothills
hyaloclastite
gossan cap
gossan and massive sulfide open pit, N Troodos
Old Roman copper workings, Troodos
banded and disseminated massive sulfide ore, N Troodos
pillow lavas overlain by manganese umbers
pillow lava/umber contact
pillow lava/chalk contact (Lefkara Formation)
View towards the south of the N Troodos Mts which expose the complete ophiolite sequence
