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Sample 135

NavDat sample number 11395 · PHONOLITE

Sample

Sample ID135
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

Latitude42.7456
Longitude-107.34
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
SIO255.08WT%XRF
AL2O319.27WT%XRF
FE2O32.42WT%XRF
FEO1.3WT%TIT
CAO2.22WT%XRF
MGO0.35WT%XRF
NA2O9.08WT%XRF
K2O6.06WT%XRF
TIO20.42WT%XRF
MNO0.13WT%XRF
P2O50.03WT%XRF
H2O2.23WT%PENFIELD
TOTAL99.84WT%XRF
RB123PPMXRF
SR2476PPMXRF
Y27PPMXRF
ZR582PPMXRF
LA62PPMXRF

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