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Sample 156

NavDat sample number 11411 · PHONOLITE

Sample

Sample ID156
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

Latitude42.7392
Longitude-107.306
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
SIO256.39WT%XRF
AL2O319.32WT%XRF
FE2O32.57WT%XRF
FEO1.58WT%TIT
CAO2.4WT%XRF
MGO0.48WT%XRF
NA2O9.19WT%XRF
K2O5.7WT%XRF
TIO20.51WT%XRF
MNO0.14WT%XRF
P2O50.12WT%XRF
H2O1.11WT%PENFIELD
TOTAL99.51WT%XRF
RB120PPMXRF
SR1749PPMXRF
Y28PPMXRF
ZR559PPMXRF
LA59PPMXRF

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