Granodiorite ˌ ɡ r æ n oʊ ˈ d aɪ ə r aɪ t n ə is a phaneritic textured intrusive igneous rock similar to granite but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar according to the qapf diagram granodiorite has a greater than 20 quartz by volume and between 65 to 90 of the feldspar is plagioclase.
Pink granite xrf.
This rock looks similar to granite.
Microcline perthite in grey granite scale 1000 μ m xpl and d myrmekitic texture in pink granite 1000 μ m xpl.
A pertitic texture is shown by pink granite.
The mineralogical composition is always same with very few differences.
The chapter describes the study conducted to distinguish among the white granites by using simple analytical methods xrd xrf and color measurements.
X ray diffraction of minerals.
Sample of adamellite granite or quartz monzonite from the famous shap fell in cumbria.
The pink granite of songsak area east garo hills district meghalaya intrusive into precambrian gneisses is inferred to be s type peraluminous low calcium post kinematic granite.
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White granodiorite contains pale colored feldspar.
Pink granite like other granites is an intrusive igneous rock typically containing feldspar quartz mica amphibole minerals.
A greater amount of plagioclase would designate the rock as.
The qap modal classi fi cation scheme for the rocks of the.
One is pink because of the color of most of the feldspar in the rock.
This data is represented in a collection of single phase x ray powder diffraction patterns for the three most intense d values in the form of tables of interplanar spacings d.
Scale 1000 μm xpl b plagioclase altered to sericite and along the margins re crystallized quartz accumulated pink granite scale 1000 μm xpl c inequigranular texture with big crystals of microcline perthite in grey granite scale 1000 μm xpl and d myrmekitic texture in pink granite.
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The samples contain large amounts of orthoclase feldspar crystals giving the rock an overall pink colouration.
When its minerals are examined and the total silica content worked out it can be seen that it is an intermediate not an acid rock.
Also known as shap granite the samples are composed of typical granitic minerals including quartz feldspar and mica.
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Powder x ray diffraction xrd is one of the primary techniques used by mineralogists and solid state chemists to examine the physico chemical make up of unknown solids.