-
Other common accessory minerals are apatite, titanite,
zircon and
other opaques. Most
syenites are
either peralkaline with high
proportions of alkali...
- granite,
zircon is rare and, if present, it is as xenocrysts. On the
other hand,
nepheline syenite gneiss contains abundant and
large zircon crystals...
- (pyrochlore), (corundum), (sodalite).
Syenite and quartz-
syenites:
Alkaline pegmatites: albite, nepheline, pyroxene, magnetite,
zircon, (pyrochlore), (mo****te),...
- they
occur as ****s or as thin sills,
often in ****ociation with
nepheline syenite; and they seem to bear a
complementary relationship to
certain types of...
- An
agpaitic rock is a
peralkaline igneous rock,
typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.
Characteristic minerals in
these rocks include complex silicates...
- phase. It
occurs ****ociated with beryl, danburite, apatite, spodumene,
zircon, fluorite,
feldspar and quartz. It was
first described by
mineralogist and...
- Some of
these terrestrial rocks are carbonatite, kimberlite,
alkaline syenite, some
rocks of
layered mafic intrusions,
diabase ****s,
gabbroid sills...
- fold and
thrust belts.
Zircon grains in the Jack Hills,
Narryer terrane have been
dated at ~4.27 Ga, with one
detrital zircon dated as old as 4.4 Ga....
-
forming (1) gabbro, diorite,
tonalite and
granite or (2) gabbro, diorite,
syenite and granite. If
magma resides in a
chamber for a long period, then it can...
- rocks. Its co****
grained (phaneritic)
intrusive equivalent is
nepheline syenite.
Phonolite is
typically fine
grained and compact. The name
phonolite comes...
