Augite
Yamakita city, Ashigara-Kami county, Kanagawa pref., Japan
![Augite](augiteYAGA.jpg)
Field of view: 20 mm. An augite phenocryst. The black crystal is augite. The surrounding host is andesite.
Recovered from an andesite dike intruded in trough-fill sediments.
Augite from this location was described in 1971 as pyroxene and in 1972 as augite.
Other localities
- Mount Hijiri (Andesite, Floater)
- Akima river (Andesite, Floater)
- Yaga (Andesite dike)
- Shishi-Iwa (Tuff breccia, Floater)
- Horaku creek (Basalt, Floater)