The Darwin Virtual Microscope
A selection of samples collected by Charles Darwin
on the Voyage of the Beagle
1.N by E of Praya, St Jago, Cape Verde Islands: CD164 phonolite
2.Saint Paul’s Rock, Atlantic: CD248 breccia of dunite cemented in carbonate
3.Fernando de Noronha: CD261 amygdaloidal monchiquite dyke
4.South of Bahia, Brazil: CD311 myrmekitic granulite/charnockite
5.Abrolhas Islets, off the coast of Brazil: CD399 feldspathic sandstone
6.Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: CD468 garnet-biotite-bearing augen-gneiss
7.Off the summit of Mount Montevideo, Uruguay: CD660 hornblende schist
8.Port Desire, Patagonia, Argentina: CD1639 altered rhyolitic welded tuff
9.Wollaston Island, Tierra del Fuego: CD1857 cordierite slate, CD1860 garnet-prehnite skarn, CD1861 garnet-epidote-prehnite skarn
10. New Island, Falklands Islands: CD1888 impure quartzite
11. Straits of Magellan, Chile: CD2079 hornblende diorite
12. Chiloe Island, Chile: CD2118 carbonated palagonite tuff
13.Valparaiso, Chile: CD2142 hornblende porphyrite
14.Lima, Peru: CD3149 welded tuff
15.James Island, Galapagos: CD3267 andesite, CD3268 trachyte
16.Central Tahiti: CD3377 olivine basalt
17.W coast of North Island, New Zealand: CD3408 foraminiferal limestone
18.Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia: CD3438 hornblende porphyrite
19.Stobart, Tasmania: CD3467 nepheline basanite with iddingsite
20.King’s George Sound - no sample
21.Keeling Island - no sample
22.Mauritius: CD3621 porphyritic olivine basalt
23.Cape Town, South Africa: CD3668 granite in contact with mica schist
24.Saint Helena: CD3704 trachyte, CD3717 consolidated beach sand containing volcanic detritus
25.Ascension Island: CD3774 volcanic ash
26.Terceira, Azores: CD3914 vesicular basalt
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