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Sample 134

NavDat sample number 11393 · PHONOLITE

Sample

Sample ID134
Rock namePHONOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionINTERMEDIATE
MaterialIGNEOUS
Commentcoarsely porphyritic with hiatal texture between cm and mm scale sanidine phenocrysts; trachytic holocrystalline matrix of Na sanidine, aegirine, and feldspathoid; phenocrysts of feldspathoid, sanidine, clinopyroxene, and minor magnetite and occasional amphibole

Location

Latitude42.7453
Longitude-107.339
LocationRattlesnake Hills
State / provinceWyoming
Volcanic fieldGroup A phonolite

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
43.6 41.4 46.6

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO255.57WT%XRF
AL2O319.48WT%XRF
FE2O32.28WT%XRF
FEO1.14WT%TIT
CAO2.59WT%XRF
MGO0.76WT%XRF
NA2O7.16WT%XRF
K2O5.58WT%XRF
TIO20.45WT%XRF
MNO0.14WT%XRF
P2O50WT%XRF
H2O3.69WT%PENFIELD
TOTAL98.84WT%XRF
RB111PPMXRF
SR3020PPMXRF
Y27PPMXRF
ZR600PPMXRF
LA66PPMXRF

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