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Mid-Term Review
Igneous Rock
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
10/06/2011

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Term
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Definition

Texture: Pegmatic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz and Feldspar

"Countertops"

 

Granite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pyroclast 

Composition: Intermediate

Features: Angular fragments

 

Volcanic Breccia

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pegmatic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz and Feldspar

"Countertops"

 

Pegmatite-Granite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Glassy/Shiny

Composition: Felsic/Mafic

"Arrowheads" 

 

Obsidian 

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pyroclast-Vesicular

Composition: Felsic

 

Pumice

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pyroclast-Aphanitic

Composition: Felsic

 

Tuff

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pegmatic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz and Feldspar

"Countertops"

 

Granite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Pyroclast-Phaneritic, contains vesicles

Composition: Mafic

Red to Black in color

 

Term
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Definition

Texture: Phaneritic

Composition: Ultramafic

Mineral Composition: Olivine

Large part of the Mantle

 

Periodtite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Aphanitic

Composition: Mafic

Mineral Composition: Fe and Mg

Abundant on the seafloor

 

Basalt

Term
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Definition

Texture: Aphanitic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Sodium Plagioclast, Amphibole, Biotite, Muscovite

 

Rhyolite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Phaneritic

Composition: Intermediate

 

Diorite

Term
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Definition

Texture: Phaneritic

Composition: Intermediate

 

Porphyritic Andesite


Term
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Definition

Texture: Phaneritic

Composition: Mafic

Lower ocean crust

 

Gabbro

Term
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Definition

Texture: Aphanitic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Sodium Plagioclast, Amphibole, Biotite, Muscovite

 

Rhyolite

Term
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Definition

 

Texture: Aphanitic

Composition: Felsic

Mineral Composition: Quartz, Potassium Feldspar, Sodium Plagioclast, Amphibole, Biotite, Muscovite

 

 

Rhyolite

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