IUGS Flashcards
nomenclature the term “igneous rock” is taken to mean
“Massige Gesteine”
Mineral groups used for modal classification for plutonic rocks
Q = Qtz, Tridymite, Cristobalite
A =Kfelds [An0-5]
P = Plagioclase [An5-100], Scapolite
F = Feldspathoids
M = Mafics.
CIPW meaning
Cross, Iddings, Pirsson, and Washington
hyalo-Ne basanite
Limburgite
Prefixes for rocks with glass
0 – 20 glass-bearing
20 – 50 glass-rich
50 – 80 glassy
If the pyroclastic fragments have been altered they are _________ or ________ if thier pyroclastic origin is uncertain
reworked pyroclasts; epiclasts
pyroclasts of any shape with a mean diameter of 64 mm to 2 mm
lapili
pyroclasts with a mean diameter of less than 2 mm
ash grains
pyroclasts the mean diameter of which exceeds 64 mm and whose angular to subangular shape indicates that they were solid during their formation.
Blocks
pyroclasts the mean diameter of which exceeds 64 mm and whose shape or surface (e.g. bread-crust surface) indicates that they were in a wholly or partly molten condition during their formation and subsequent transport
Bombs
Consolidated pyroclast are? Unconsolidated?
Pyroclastic rocks; tephra
a pyroclastic rock in which
bombs > 75%.
Agglomerate
a pyroclastic rock in which blocks > 75%.
Pyroclastic Breccia
pyroclastic rock in which bombs and/or blocks range in amount from 25% to 75%.
Tuff breccia
pyroclastic rock in which bombs and/or blocks < 25%, and both lapilli and ash < 75%.
Lapilli tuff
a pyroclastic rock in which lapilli > 75%.
lapilistone
a pyroclastic rock in which ash > 75%.
Tuff or ash tuff
rocks which contain both pyroclastic and
normal clastic (epiclastic) material
tuffites
rock contains more than 50% modal carbonates
carbonatites
coarse grained rock from calcite-carbonatite
sovite
medium to fine grained rock from calcite-carbonatite
alvikite
the main carbonate is dolomite.
Dolomite - Carbonatite
AKA Beforsite
the main carbonate is iron-rich, less than 20% silica
Ferrocarbonatite
carbonatites essentially composed of sodium, potassium, and calcium carbonates.
Natrocarbonatite
rock type found in Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania
Natrocarbonatite
the main carbonate is Mg rich, less than 20% silica
Magnesiocarbonatite
the main carbonate is Ca rich, less than 20% silica
Calciocarbonatite
Carbonatite >20% silica
silicocarbonatite
The general term for plutonic melilite-bearing rocks is ______, and for volcanic melilitebearing rocks it is _
melilitolite;
melilitite
melilitolites with melilite > 65% be termed
“ultramelilitolites”.
perovskite > 10%; melilite <65%
-Kugdite
-Afrikandite
-Okaite
afrikandite
olivine> 10%; melilite <65%
-tujarite
-uncompahgrite
-kugdite
kugdite
haüyne> 10%; melilite <65%
-unconpahgrite
-okaite
-Tjarite
okaite
nepheline> 10%; melilite <65%
-afrikandite
-okaite
-tujarite
tujarite
pyroxene> 10%; melilite <65%
- uncompahgrite
- kugdite
- afrikandite
uncompahgrite
volcanic rocks w/ kalsilite and absence of leucite/melilite? plutonic?
Kalsilitite; Pyroxenite
A name for the distinctive series of consanguineous rocks katungite, mafurite and ugandite
Presence of kalsilite, leucite, and melilite
Kamafugite
Other term of kalsilite syenite
synnyrite
Other term of kalsitite-biotite-pyroxenite
yakutite
Historical name of Ol-Px kalsitite
Mafurite
Historical name of Px-Ol leucite
Ugandite
Historical name of melilite with:
Leu-Ol?
Phl-Ol?
Phl?
Katungite
Venanzite
Coppaelite
the diamond-bearing, porphyritic mica peridotites of the Kimberley area of South Africa
Kimberlites
group of volatile rich (dominantly CO2) potassic ultrabasic rocks commonly exhibiting a distinctive inequigranular texture
group I kimberlites