Below are some sets of drawings that I have done for a variety of projects, mostly a long time ago. Note that the artwork is rather crude, and some of the labels, captions, and even the spelling exhibit a somewhat primitive understanding of petrology and English. Nonetheless, I hope you gather from these that drawings can frequently offer insight of a process or view that is difficult to capture with a photo or computer-rendered illustration.
Figures done in the 1977 Petrology class with Peter Robinson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Hawaii suite.
HW-2A. Hawaii alkali basalt.
HW-2A. Hawaii alkali basalt.
HW-2C. Hawaii alkali olivine basalt.
HW-3. Hawaii olivine basalt.
HW-3. Hawaii olivine basalt.
HW-8A. Hawaii olivine basalt.
HW-8B. Hawaii olivine basalt.
HW-9B. Hawaii olivine basalt.
HW-11A. Hawaii trachyte obsidian.
Figures done in the 1977 Petrology class with Peter Robinson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Salem suite.
SA-4A. Alkali fayalite granite.
SA-4B. Alkali fayalite granite.
SA-4D. Alkali fayalite granite.
SA-4D. Basalt dike cutting granite, metamorphosed.
SA-5. Hedenbergite granite.
SA-6B. Alkali granite.
SA-6B. Alkali granite.
Figures done in the 1977 Petrology class with Peter Robinson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, assorted rocks.
7Q5. Amphibolite facies calc-silicate rock.
CHL. Greenschist facies chloritoid-chlorite-muscovite schist.
Elizabethtown, NY. Two-pyroxene granulite (only one pyroxene illustrated here).
O5F8. Amphibolite facies calc-silicate rock.
UO1B. Amphibolite facies pelitic schist.
Masters thesis illustrations on retrograded pelitic schists, New Salem area, Massachusetts.
Sillimanite in slightly and severely retrograded schists.
Garnet in little-retrograded sample.
Fresh vs. retrograded and completely pseudomorphed staurolite.
Partially and largely retrograded garnets, pseudomorphed mostly by chlorite.
Partly retrograded garnet, with retrograde chloritoid. See illustration below.
Chloritoid in partially retrograded schist, also showing ilmenite partly retrograded to anatase.
Partially retrograded biotite containing lenses of retrograde K-feldspar.
Prograde ilmenite and retrograde anatase in transmitted and reflected light
Sphene (titanite), ilmenite, and anatase, plus analytical data.
Spots on garnet analyzed by electron microprobe, from Hollocher, 1987.
Several garnets showing garnets in various states of retrograding in various relationships to chlorite.
Sketches made for research paper summaries, Volcanology class taught by J.M. Rhodes and Marty Godchaux.
Ash beds in the Mt. Rainier area.
Volcano top elevations, original point unclear to me.
Volcano top elevations based on magma chamber depths.
Field sketches made for some 1980's field trip guidebooks.
Orthopyroxene tonalite partial melts in amphibolite, Rt. 9, Belchertown, Massachusetts.
In-situ melt veins in two-pyroxene granulite, Masapaug Rd. near Sturbridge, MA.
Slides for a presentation on retrograde metamorphism, M.S. thesis, circa 1979 (back when I had a sense of humor).
Retrograde metamorphism: during cooling or or more complex polymetamorphism.
Retrograde sillimanite-out reaction.
Retrograde staurolite-out reaction.
Retrograde chloritoid-in reaction.
Retrograde hypothetical reaction.
Retrograde hypothetical reaction.
Retrograde hypothetical reaction.
Retrograde garnet-out reaction progression.
Retrograde garnet-out reaction.
Sans gloves, they actually look rather like this.
Muscovite projection explanation.
Muscovite projection result.
Prograde phase relations.
Edgewise view of the AKFM tetrahedron.
Edgewise view of the AKFM tetrahedron showing the retrograde staurolite-out reaction.
Edgewise view of the AKFM tetrahedron showing the retrograde garnet-out reaction.
Edgewise view of the AKFM tetrahedron showing the retrograde K-feldspar-in reaction.
One way to think of why garnets occur in so many assemblages.
One way to look at oxide and silicate assemblages. Don't take this too seriously.
Well, haven't you been wondering?