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Sample 79-61B

NavDat sample number 8391 · RHYOLITE

Sample

Sample ID79-61B
Rock nameRHYOLITE
Rock typeVOLCANIC
CompositionFELSIC
MaterialIGNEOUS
CommentObsidian sample, no phenocrysts; much of the glass has devitrified along perlitic cracks to a cryptocrystalline felsitic aggregate containing tiny feldspar microlites randomly oriented.

Location

Latitude41.6317
Longitude-121.393
State / provinceCalifornia
Volcanic fieldMedicine Lake Highland
Location comment3.7 mi WSW of Tionesta and 1 mi S of the Lava Beds National Monument-State Rte 139 road

Age

Age (Ma)ErrorMinMaxGeologic ageDated by
0.24 0.21 0.27

Analyses

Whole rock

ItemValueStd. dev.UnitMethod
SIO274.76WT%XRF
AL2O313.27WT%XRF
FEO1.36WT%XRF
FE2O30.21WT%XRF
TIO20.26WT%XRF
MNO0.03WT%XRF
MGO0.22WT%XRF
CAO0.92WT%XRF
NA2O3.6WT%XRF
K2O4.6WT%XRF
P2O50.04WT%XRF

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