Photomicrographs - Kern River Field (4 photos)
Well: Fuhrman #1
FRAME 3-12. Olcese sandstone from Kern River field (Fuhrman #1, 2107'). Note volcanic glass shards with bubble margins (top center) and pumice strands (bottom center). Volcanic glass is extinct under crossed polarizers. Note primary porosity (light blue epoxy). Field of view 2.lmm. Plane light.
FRAME. 3-13. Famoso sandstone from Kern River field (Fuhrman #1, 4763'). Note highly birefringent illitic? clay coats around detrital grains. Field of view 1.05mm. Crossed Nicols.
FRAME: 3-14. Famoso sandstone from Kern River field (Fuhrman #1 4763'). Note highly birefringent illitic? clay coats around detrital grains. Field of view. 2. 1 mm.
Crossed Nicols.
FRAME 3-15. Famoso sandstone from Kern River field (Fuhrman #1 5190'). Note extensive chloritic? (yellow-brown) matrix. Matri:x has green color characteristic of chlorite in plane light. Field of view 2.lmm. Crossed Nicols.