Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Petrology > Non-IUGS rock names > Flashcards

Non-IUGS rock names Flashcards

1
Q

Mg-rich Andesite

A

Adakite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Olivine rich basalt

A

Picrite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Quartz Monzonite

A

Adamellite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Olivine Basalt where Aug>Ol

A

Ankaramite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

K-rich Basalt

A

Soshonite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Hydrous volcanic glass (>10%)

A

pitchstone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Leuco-Tonalite

A

Trondjehmite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Olivine rich Gabbro

A

Troctolite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Tholeiitic Basalt or Magma series

A

Tholeiite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Altered Albitized Basalt

A

Spilite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Alkaline plutonic with Kfs, foid and Augite

A

Shonkinite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Broken up pumice

A

Reticulite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Felsic plutonic granite like rocks which generic in term

A

Granitoid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Porphyritic granite with granophyric texture

A

Granophyre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Applied to welded tuffs

A

ignimbrite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Clinopyroxene nephelinite

A

Ijolite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Nepheline bearing basalt

A

Nephelinite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Orthopyroxene Gabbro

A

Norite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

volcanic glass typically silicic

A

obsidian

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Orthopyroxene Granodiorite

A

Opdalite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Oceanite

A

Picrite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Orbite

A

Lamprophyre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Peralkine Rhyolite

A

Pantellerite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Volcanic glass that exhibits concentric cracking

A

Perlite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Orthoclase bearing orthopyroxene gabbro

A

Monzonorite

26
Q

Mafic sodic Trachyandesite

A

Mugearite

27
Q

Ultramafic melilite-clinopx volcanic

A

Meliltite

28
Q

Orthopyroxene monzonite

A

Mangerite

29
Q

Nepeheline monzo-gabbro/dirorite

A

Essexite

30
Q

Medium grained basalt or gabbro

A

Dolerite/Diabase

31
Q

igneous rock with >50% carbonates

A

Carbonatite

32
Q

Orthopyroxene Granite

A

Charnockite

33
Q

Orthopyroxene Monzonorite

A

Jotunite

34
Q

UM rock with 90% hornblende

A

Hornblendite

35
Q

Volatile rich Ultramafic

A

Kimberlite

36
Q

Ultramafic Volcanic(mostly archean) wt.%MgO>18, %TiO2<1

A

Komatiite

37
Q

A diverse group of dark porphyritic mafic to ultramafic K-rich hypabyssal rocks

A

Lamprophyre

38
Q

A group of K-Mg volatile-rich volcanics

A

Lamproite

39
Q

volacnic rock that is nearly all leucite

A

Leucitite

40
Q

Rhyolite

A

Liparite

41
Q

Olivine Tephrite

A

Basanite

42
Q

Mg rich andesite or Basaltic Andesite (wt%MgO>8%,TiO5<0.5%)

A

Boninite

43
Q

Alkali feldspar rich metasomatic rockassociated with Carbonatites

A

Fenite

44
Q

Gabbro with supequao amounts of clinopx and orthopx

A

Gabbronorite

45
Q

Hornblende Lamprophyre

A

Camptonite

46
Q

Leucotonalite in oceanic setting

A

Plagiogranite

47
Q

Coarse calcite carbonatite

A

sovite

48
Q

Hbl-di- plag lamprophyre

A

Spessartite

49
Q

Analcime Gabbro

A

Teschenite

50
Q

Nepheline Gabbro

A

Theralite

51
Q

Hbl-di-phlog lamprophyre

A

Vogesite

52
Q

glassy ol-di-phlog lamproite

A

Verite

53
Q

coarse dolomitic carbonatite

A

Rauhaugite

54
Q

Labradorite, Augite and Diallage

A

Normal Gabbro

55
Q

Gabbro in which hypersthene predominates over clino px

A

Norites

56
Q

both kinds of px are present but the plagioclase is more calcic than Labradorite

A

Eucrites

57
Q

Increase in Ol content as collective term to rocks of olivine - gabbros, eucrites and norites which composed solely of olivine and labradorite r bytownite

A

Troctolites

58
Q

essentially olivine and anorthite

A

Allivalites

59
Q

Alkaline troctolites or Oligoclase Basalt

A

Mugearite

60
Q

German name for Troctolite because of its vivid red, brown, yellow and green spots which literally means trout rock

A

Forellenstein

Petrology (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions