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Alk vs. Calc-alk.: general appearance
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Alkaline series – textures
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Calc-alkaline series – textures
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Alkaline series – White Minerals K-Feldspar
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Alkaline series – White Minerals Feldpathoids
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Alkaline series – White Minerals Feldpathoids
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Alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Sodic pyroxene (Aegyrine)
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Alkaline series KSp and Augite-Aegyrine
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Alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Sodic amphibole (Riebeckite, Arfvedsonite) (not clear in provided samples) http://www.umanitoba.ca/geoscien ce/faculty/arc/amphibole.html
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Alkaline series – Accessory Minerals Sphene (Titanite)
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Alkaline series – Accessory Minerals Carbonates, Cancrinite
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Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase
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Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase
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Calc-alkaline series – White Minerals Plagioclase, K-Feldspar, Quartz
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Calc-alkaline series – Minerals Plagioclase, K-Feldspar, Quartz
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Clinopyroxene (augite)
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Hornblende + Biotite
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals Biotite
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Calc-alkaline series – Mafic Minerals `Biotite + Clinopyroxene
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Chemistry: TAS
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Chemistry: TiO 2
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Chemistry: CaO
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Chemistry: A/CNK vs. A/NK
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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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