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Sample VHNE-169N
NavDat sample number 5520 · MONZONITE
Sample
| Sample ID | VHNE-169N |
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| Rock name | MONZONITE |
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| Rock type | PLUTONIC |
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| Composition | FELSIC |
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| Material | IGNEOUS |
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| Comment | leucocratic quartz monzonite, Locally called alaskite. Pinkish-gray medium- to coarse-grained hypidiomorphic-granular to seriate porphyritic intrusive rock composed of 30 percent euhedral to resorbed oligoclase with albitized rims, 40 percent euhedral to anhedral orthoclase and microcline, 25 percent anhedral quartz. 2-3 percent subhedral to anhedral biotite, <1 percent subhedral to anhedral magnetite, and accessory apatite and zircon. |
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Location
| Latitude | 32.4098 |
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| Longitude | -110.55 |
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| Location | Pinal County |
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| State / province | Arizona |
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Age
| Age (Ma) | Error | Min | Max | Geologic age | Dated by |
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| 54 |
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48.9 |
59.1 |
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Analyses
No chemical analyses are stored for this sample.
