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Alk vs. Calc-alk.: general appearance. Alkaline series – textures.

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1 Alk vs. Calc-alk.: general appearance

2 Alkaline series – textures

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5 Calc-alkaline series – textures

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7 Alkaline series – White Minerals K-Feldspar

8 Alkaline series – White Minerals Feldpathoids

9 Alkaline series – White Minerals Feldpathoids

10 Alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Sodic pyroxene (Aegyrine)

11 Alkaline series KSp and Augite-Aegyrine

12 Alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Sodic amphibole (Riebeckite, Arfvedsonite) (not clear in provided samples) http://www.umanitoba.ca/geoscien ce/faculty/arc/amphibole.html

13 Alkaline series – Accessory Minerals Sphene (Titanite)

14 Alkaline series – Accessory Minerals Carbonates, Cancrinite

15 Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase

16 Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase

17 Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase, K-Feldspar, Quartz

18 Calc-alkaline series – Minerals Plagioclase, K-Feldspar, Quartz

19 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Clinopyroxene (augite)

20 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende

21 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende

22 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende + Biotite

23 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Biotite

24 Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals `Biotite + Clinopyroxene

25 Chemistry: TAS

26 Chemistry: TiO 2

27 Chemistry: CaO

28 Chemistry: A/CNK vs. A/NK

29 Normative minerals Alkaline –Or+Ab (abundant) –Foids (common) –Olivine (common) –Cpx –Qz (rare) –Aegyrine (occasional) Calc-alkaline –Quartz –Ab+An (abundant) –Opx –Cpx (occasional) –Corundum (occasional)


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