Simas, in Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths (Second Edition), 2018. 2), indicating transformation to interstratified biotite-vermiculite and iron oxides along cleavage planes or crystal edges (Taboada & García, 1999b). Biotite, muscovite and hornblende are distinguished by flaky black and silver color, and black/dark-green grains/prisms characteristics. Plagioclase feldspars that constitute lamellar masses in complex pegmatites are albite; this variety is often referred to by the name cleavelandite. Haldar, in Platinum-Nickel-Chromium Deposits, 2017. Norite is a mafic intrusive igneous rock with color ranging between light and dark gray and brown. Haldar, Josip Tišljar, in Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2014. It often occurs in the pegmatite-stage crystallization of magma and is the essential ingredient of pegmatite. Figure 2.8. It is relatively poor in silica (unsaturated) and rich in sodium. (D) Graded felsic schist units in northwestern end of the Isua supracrustal belt (the locality of Rosing, 1999). (Polarized refers to light that vibrates in a single plane.) 2.5) intrusive equivalent of volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro, and usually occurs as dikes, sills, and plugs. Locally preserved is graded layering, and at one locality in the western end of the belt relict vesicular texture (Fig. It is composed of quartz, biotite and plagioclase (andesine or oligoclase). Figure 17.8. The inclusions are both of mafic igneous and metasedimentary rocks. Dolerite is a medium-grained mafic intrusive igneous rock composed primarily of Plagioclase set in a finer matrix of Clinopyroxene ± Olivine, Magnetite, and Ilmenite (Haldar and Tišljar, 2014). 4.5). Flood Basalt is the product of a single or a series of giant volcanic eruptions that cover large stretches of land or ocean floor with basaltic lava. The main components of granite are quartz, alkali feldspar, plagioclase, biotite and muscovite, forming a rock with a granular or porphyric lithic fabric. The Pyroxene is mostly Clinopyroxene (Diopside or Augite) with or without Orthopyroxene (Hypersthene). Gabbros contain low silicon (no Quartz or. In the lower saprolite, the microfabric may show inter-, intra- and transmineral planar voids resulting from mechanical weathering (Espino & Paneque, 1974; Chartres & Walker, 1987; Poetsch, 1990; Scarciglia et al., 2005), such as fractures in quartz and plagioclase grains, which can be filled by amorphous clay or sesquioxides (Fig. The Pillar of Pompey is monolithic red granite (from Aswan) column of 26.85 m high built in 297 AD commemorating the victory of Roman Emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt, Egypt. Le Maitre et al. Perthite and plagioclase are commonly sericitised, especially near the grain centres, which is believed to be due to hydrothermal alteration (Evans & Bothner, 1993). Thedeflection angle is an optical characteristic and varies according to thealbite fraction (Ab). Sanidine, as a high-temperature alkali feldspar, is not stable in rocks on the surface or shallow under the surface of the Earth, and gradually recrystallize in orthoclase over time. Biotite forms phenocrysts. That is to say, they do not make a distinction between microcline and orthoclase until they have proved their identity by determining, for example, their optical properties. The new rock is known as “sosirite.” In similar conditions, Pyroxenes undergo “uralitization” processes to form dense clusters of Actinolite and the modified product known as “uralite.”. Granites have many contrast colors ranging between white, gray, black, and pink to red. (1990). Plagioclase phenocrysts form 25–30% of the rock, ranging from An59 to An29 (Vogt and Flower, 1989). In reality it is simple because only a small number of essential names are employed (gabbro, monzonite, syenite, diorite, granite, and anorthosite) which are combined (e.g., monzogabbro) or have a mineral prefix added (e.g., quartz syenite). Anorthosite is typically coarse-grained dark-color rock composed primarily of Plagioclase (Labradorite) with minor amount of Pyroxene, Magnetite, and Ilmenite ± Olivine (Haldar and Tišljar, 2014). Mineral Composition of Major Mafic–Ultramafic Igneous Rocks. 2.4) is formed by simultaneously extended crystallization of bright (leucocratic) and dark ferromagnesian minerals that are compact, solid, and tough. Basalts are usually dark gray to black color. Nepheline or Leucite may associate/proxy feldspar giving rise to varieties with special names. [Redrawn, with permission, from Le Maitre, R. W., et al. The central cores of major mountain ranges consist of intrusive igneous rocks, usually granites. In addition, feldspars occur in veins and pegmatites, in which they were apparently deposited by fluids, and within sediments and soils, in which they were probably deposited by groundwater solutions. Except for its green variety, usually called amazonstone or amazonite, microcline can seldom be distinguished from orthoclase by macroscopic means. Black Friday Sale! It is porphyritic with phenocrysts of hornblende, plagioclase and. Mafic–ultramafic rocks differ in shape, form, and size depending on cooling and crystallization of magma deep in the lithosphere or on the Earth’s surface. acidic, neutral and core igneous rocks, microcline is commonly found together with feldspar. The grain size varies between fine (Figs 4.10 and 4.11), medium and coarse. FIGURE 4.10. (B) Vesicles preserved in a small low-strain area of volcanic rocks within the ∼3800 Ma felsic schist unit. It occurs mostly in the form of huge batholiths, stock, but rarely laccolith (Fig. It can also occur by hydrothermal process and contains little natrium components and is known as adular. It also contains ferromagnesian minerals (biotite, hornblende, and augite). 2.19). The coarse feldspar grains are in the initial stage of linear alignment as in gneissic texture. The LdS5 material is ferrous, may occasionally bear trace Sr, and is very rich in Ba (up to 11.06 wt.% oxide), as also shown by its empirical formula (n = 4): (K0.54Na0.26Ba0.20Ca0.01Sr0.01)Σ1.02(Al0.97Fe0.03)Σ1.00(Si2.79Al0.19)Σ3.01O7.99, corresponding to mean end-member Or53Ab25Cls20(An + Sls)1 formula, where Or is orthoclase, Ab is albite, Cls is celsian, An is anorthite, and Sls is slawsonite. Muscovite shows a decrease in birefringence during weathering, resulting in grey yellow interference colours toward the edges while the centre remains unchanged. Photomicrograph of thin section showing Plagioclase phenocrysts in tholeiitic basalt flow (Haldar and Tišljar, 2014). The plagioclase phenocrysts range from An70 to An35 and form 25–40% of the rock (Vogt and Flower, 1989). Orthoclase feldspar may arise from regional metamorphic processes, and is a common ingredient in various crystalline schists (Table 6.1). Figure 2.3. It mainly contains Ca-plagioclase and ferromagnesian minerals such as Pyroxene (Augite and Hypersthene or Diallage) ± Olivine (Haldar and Tišljar, 2014). In a low strain zone in the east of the belt, this felsic schist unit displays breccia structures, where fragments of fine-grained layered felsic rock reside in a coarser-grained matrix (Fig. A single diagram, the quartz–alkali feldspar–plagioclase–feldspathoid (or “foid”) double triangle (QAPF diagram) (Fig. 2.8). The groundmass is of quartz, alkali feldspar and plagioclase. The colors are dark gray, black, and green. In temperate climates, illite, vermiculite and chlorite are observed (Sequeira Braga et al., 2002), although gibbsite has been reported as well (Bisdom, 1967b; Taboada & García, 1999a). traditional ceramics: Silica and feldspar. Dolerite dikes are often exposed to the surface and exhibit as walls in a straight line. Minerals in this series are a homogenous mixture of albite and anorthite. It occurs in different ways, usually, by crystallization of magma. The alkali feldspar is Or93 to Or82. 2.1) and fractures, loosening and decaying the rock layer by layer. Figure 2.7. The common usages are ornamental facing, paving, graveyard headstone at funerary rites, and kitchen countertops. Norite is a variation of gabbro with Ca Plagioclase and predominantly orthorhombic Pyroxene (Hypersthene). This group of minerals consists of tectosilicates, silicate minerals in which silicon ions are linked by shared oxygen ions to form a three-dimensional network. 2.7), India. They are mafic and contain amphibole, plagioclase, alkali feldspar and accessory minerals. Spilite is fine-grained sodium-rich volcanic rock formed by alteration of oceanic basalt and/or diabase in albitization processes at low temperatures in the presence of CO2 and water rich in sodium (e.g., seawater). The alkali feldspars are primarily Upon macroscopic examination, anorthoclase is also generally identified merely as an alkali feldspar except by those who are acquainted with the rocks known to contain anorthoclase. Quartz is typically anhedral (ill-formed crystals), and occurs as filling the interstices between the other minerals masking its own characteristic crystal shape. XXV.2.6 Aplite. FIGURE 4.12. Figure 2.6. Biotite and hornblende form euhedral to subhedral phenocrysts. km. (A) Preservation of relict breccia structure with randomly orientated clasts (labeled c) in the ∼3800 Ma felsic schist unit (end of pen for scale). These diagrams also have rock “group” names, as indicated on the left-hand side of the triangles. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. Photograph of thin section microcline showing the grid structure of twining under cross-polarized light. Gabbros contain low silicon (no Quartz or Alkali feldspar) and essentially of ferromagnesian minerals and Plagioclase feldspar rich in calcium. The main components of granite are quartz, Stolt et al., 1991; Frazier & Graham, 2000, Espino & Paneque, 1974; Chartres & Walker, 1987; Poetsch, 1990; Scarciglia et al., 2005, Espino & Paneque, 1974; Verheye & Stoops, 1975; Eswaran & Wong Chaw Bin, 1978; Gilkes et al., 1980; Curmi & Maurice, 1981; Melfi et al., 1983; Poetsch, 1990; Taboada & García, 1999a, 1999b; Frazier & Graham, 2000; Le Pera & Sorriso-Valvo, 2000; Sequeira Braga et al., 2002; Jiménez-Espinosa et al., 2007, Eswaran & Wong Chaw Bin, 1978; Gilkes et al., 1980, Verheye & Stoops, 1975; Curmi & Maurice, 1981; Bisdom et al., 1982, Espino & Paneque, 1974; Eswaran et al., 1975; Eswaran & Wong Chaw Bin, 1978; Frazier & Graham, 2000, Espino & Paneque, 1974; Chartres & Walker, 1987; Rutherford, 1987; Felix-Henningsen et al., 1989, The 3.9–3.6Ga Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland, Allaart, 1976; Nutman et al., 1984a, 2015b, Nutman et al., 1984a, 2017; Rosing, 1999; Fedo et al., 2001, is a mafic intrusive coarse-grained rock with allotriomorphic texture. These basalt flows are thick and extensive in which gas cavities are nearly absent. Alkali feldspars can often be distinguished from plagioclase feldspars because most grains of the latter exhibit albite twinning (see above Crystal structure), which is manifested by parallel lines on certain cleavage surfaces, whereas grains of alkali feldspars do not. FIGURE 4.13. Basalts are common aphanitic igneous extrusive rocks composed of minute grains of Plagioclase feldspar (Labradorite), Pyroxene, Olivine, Biotite, Hornblende, and less than 20% Quartz. In semiarid regions of Brazil, mica breakdown is associated with smectite formation, whereas in more humid regions, interlayered mica-vermiculite, vermiculite and kaolinite are formed (Melfi et al., 1983). Microcline (KAlSi3O8) is the triclinic low-temperature K–feldspar stable at temperatures lower than 500 °C. Alkali feldspar and quartz are confined to the groundmass (Vogt and Flower, 1989). 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