Fundamental Minerals

Sialic Minerals

• Feldspar
Feldspar
Sanidine
Plagioclase

• Feldspathoid
Feldspathoids
Haüyne
Kalsilite
Leucite
Nepheline


• Quartz

Femic Minerals

• Amphiboles
• Aenigmatite
• Biotite
• Sagenitic biotite
• Melilite
• Olivine
• Pyroxene
Structure
Clinopyroxene
Orthopyroxene

Accessory Minerals

• Andradite
• Apatite
• Cordierite
• Chromite
• Magnetite
• Ilmenite
• Titanite

Very Rare Minerals

• Gregorite
• Nyerereite
• Priderite

Secondary Minerals

• Calcite
• Chlorite
• Hematite
• Epidote
• Orpiment
• Phillipsite
• Pinite

Texture

• Amygdales
• Embayed
• Eutaxitic
• Felsic
• Glomerophyric
• Hyalopilitic
• Hypocrystalline
• Holohyaline
• Intergranular
• Intersertal
• Magmatic flow
• Opacitic rim
• Ophitic
• Poikilitic
• Pilotassitic
• Porphyritic
• Sieve
• Skeletal
• Spinifex
• Trachytic
• Vitrophyric
• Zoning
• Xenocryst
• Xenolith

Alteration Products

• Bowlingite
• Iddingsite
• Pseudomorph
• Saussurite
• Sericite
• Uralite

Glass and related Texture

• Volcanic glass
• Fiamme
• Perlite
• Palagonite
• Spherulites
• Shards

Volcanic Rocks

• Aillikite
• Alnöite
• Andesite
• Ankaramite
• Basalt
• Benmoreite
• Bergalite
• Comendite
• Coppaelite
• Dacite
• Dacite (devitrified)
• Garnet dacite
• Foidite
• Foidite (nepheline)
• Haüynophyre
• Hyaloclastite
• Horneblende Andesite
• Ignimbrite
• Ignimbrite (pantelleritic)
• Kaiserstuhl
Kaiserstuhl
Bergalite
Carbonatitic lapillistone
Diatreme breccia
Limburgite
Olivine nephelinite
Tephrite
Sövite
Wollastonite phonolite

• Kersantite
• Kimberlites
Kimberlites
Varty lake (Canada)
Sturgeon lake (Canada)
Monastery (S.Africa)
Udachnaya (Russia)
• Komatiites
Komatiites
Alexo (Canada)
Belingwe (Zimbawe)

• Lamprophyres
Lamprophyres
Aillikite
Alnöite
Bergalite
Kersantite
Monchiquite
Sannaite
Spessartite
Vosegite

• Lapillistone
• Latite
• Leucitite
• Limburgite
• Madupite (lamproite)
• Mafurite
• Monchiquite
• Natrocarbonatite
• Obsidian
• Oldoinyo Lengai
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Natrocarbonatite lava

• Peperine
• Pyroclastic flow
• Pitchstone
• Pillow lava
• Pumice
• Rhyolite
• Sannaite
• Scoria (basaltic)
• Scoria (phonolitic)
• Spessartite
• Tephrite
• Tephritic leucitite
• Tephritic phonolite
• Trachybasalt
• Trachyte
• Trachyte (foid-bearing)
• Venanzite
• Vitrophyre
• Vosegite

Kersantite

Kersantites: From Kersanton, a village in France. Are plagioclase, hornblende, augite lamprophyres.

Kersantite with plagioclase (white) and hornblende (dark). Kersanton, Brittany, France. From Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Mitchell, R. H. (1994). The lamprophyre facies. Mineralogy and Petrology, 51(2), 137-146.
• Rock, N. S. (1977). The nature and origin of lamprophyres: some definitions, distinctions, and derivations. Earth-Science Reviews, 13(2), 123-169.
• Rock, N. M. S. (1986). The nature and origin of ultramafic lamprophyres: alnöites and allied rocks. Journal of Petrology, 27(1), 155-196.
• Rock, N. M. (1987). The nature and origin of lamprophyres: an overview. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30(1), 191-226.

Photo

Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)
Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. XPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)	Altered plagioclase, phlogopite, pyroxene and magnetite crystals in a kersantite. PPL image, 2x (Field of view = 7mm)