Fundamental Minerals

Sialic Minerals

• Feldspars
Feldspars minerals
Alkali Feldspars
Plagioclase

• Feldspathoids
Feldspathoids
Cancrinite
Haüyne
Leucite
Nepheline
Sodalite

• Quartz

Femic Minerals

• Amphiboles
• Biotite
• Sagenitic biotite
• Kaersutite
• Olivine
• Pyroxenes
Structure/classification
Clinopyroxene

• Spodumene

Accessory Minerals

• Apatite
• Chromite
• Ilmenite
• Magnetite
• Zircon

Rare Accessory

• Allanite
• Andalusite
• Astrophyllite
• Beryl
• Calcite
• Cancrinite
• Catapleiite
• Cordierite
• Diaspore
• Eudialyte
• Fluorite
• Garnets
• Lazulite
• Lamprophyllite
• Lorenzenite
• Monticellite
• Muscovite
• Natrolite
• Naujakasite
• Niocalite
• Perovskite
• Polylithionite
• Rosenbuschite
• Rutile
• Scapolite
• Sørensenite
• Titanite
• Topaz
• Tourmaline
• Tugtupite
• Ussingite
• Wollastonite
• Xenotime
• Zinnwaldite

Alteration Products

• Chlorite
• Saussurite
• Sericite
• Uralite
• Wairakite

Microstructures

• Antiperthite
• Exsolution lamellae
• Graphic texture
• Granophyric texture
• Magmatic flow
• Myrmekite
• Pleochroic halo
• Poikilitic texture
• Perthite
• Pseudoleucite
• Zoning

Rocks

• Alkali feldspar granite
• Alkali feldspar syenite
• Alnö complex
Alnö complex
Alnöite
Sövite

• Anorthosite
• Brandberg granites
• Borolanite
• Carbonatites
Carbonatites
Alnö (Sweden)
Fogo (C. Verde)
Sao Vicente (C. Verde)
Oka (Canada)
Sokli (Finland)
Valentine (Canada)

• Cumberlandite
• Cumulate rocks
Cumulate
Adcumulate
Orthocumulate

• Diorite
• Dunite (Dun)
• Ekerite
• Eurite
• Finero harzburgite
• Foidolite (leucite)
• Foidolite (nepheline)
• Foidolite (haüyne)
• Foyaite
• Gabbro
• Gabbro "eufodite"
• Gabbro with augite
• Gabbronorite
• Granite
• Granophyre
• Greisen
• Hornblendite
• Hornblendite (cpx-hbl)
• Hornblende gabbro
• Hornblende gabbro (Adamello)
• Ijolite
• Ijolite (Magnet Cove)
• Ilimaussaq magmatic complex
Ilimaussaq
Black kakortokite
Red kakortokite
White kakortokite
Lujavrite
Naujakasite lujavrite
Naujaite
Tugtupite syenite

• Jacupiranga complex
Jacupiranga
Sövite

• Jacupirangite (Alnö)
• Jotunite
• Italite
• Kakortokite
• Kaxtorpite
• Kentallenite
• Lakarpite
• Larvik
Larvik complex
Ekerite
Larvikite

• Lherzolite (TL)
• Leucogranite
• Lujavrite
• Lugarite
• Luxullianite
• Melilitolite
• Melilitolite (wollastonite)
• Melteigite
• Monzonite
• Monzodiorite
• Naujaite
• Nepheline syenite
• Norra Kärr complex
Norra Kärr
Kaxtorpite
Lakarpite
Pulaskite

• Norite
• Olivine hornblendite
• Oka complex
Oka complex
Niocalite carbonatite
Monticellite carbonatite

• Olivine gabbro
• Orthopyroxenite
• Pegmatite
• Pegmatite (cancrinite)
• Pegmatite (nepheline)
• Peralkaline granite
• Peridotites
Peridotites
Dunite
Wherlite
Harzburgite
Garnet lherzolite
Spinel lherzolite

• Pyroxenite
• Pulaskite
• Quartz-gabbro
• Rhum layerded complex
• Serpentinized lherzolite
• Syenite
• Synnyrite
• Syenogranite
• Sodalite syenite
• Tonalite
• Troctolite
• Urtite

Jacupirangite

A jacupirangite is an ultramafic plutonic rock that is part of the ijolite series. composed chiefly of titanaugite with minor nepheline and accessory biotite and magnetite, apatite, perovskite and melanite garnet. Jacupirangites are usually cumulate rocks formed by accumulation of pyroxene. They are essentially pyroxenites. Its name, given by Derby in 1891, is derived from Jacupiranga, Brazil.

Jacupirangite from Magnet Cove. USA. From Michael P. Klimetz.

Jacupirangite from Magnet Cove. USA. From GeoDil.

Bibliography

• Eric A.K.Middlemost (1985): Magmas and Magmatic Rocks. Longman, London
• Ron H. Vernon (2004): A pratical guide to rock microstructure. Cambridge editore
• K.G.Cox, J.D.Bell & R.J Pankhurst (1979): The interpretetion of igneous rocks. George Allen&Unwin editori.
• David Shelley (1983): Igneous and metamorphic rocks under the microscope. Campman & Hall editori

Photo

Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)	Titanoaugite, nepheline (colorless), biotite and magnetite crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (colorless) crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)	Titanoaugite and nepheline (gray) crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Titanoaugite and nepheline (colorless) crystals in a Jacupirangite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)	Titanoaugite crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Titanoaugite crystals in a Jacupirangite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)