Earth:Wyomingite
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Wyomingite is a type of volcanic rock. Specifically, it is a diopside-leucite phlogopite lamproite.[1] It is a potassium enriched, alkaline, basic, phonolite first found in the Leucite Hills of Sweetwater County, Wyoming.[2] Wyomingites are between foidite and tephri-phonolite in composition (in the QAPF classification) and contain leucite (20-25%), augite, phlogopite, apatite, calcite, magnetite and small amounts of olivine (but the latter may be absent).[3] Silica (SiO2) content is between 48.9% and 51.7%. Common groundmass includes potassium-richterite. Wyomingite has also been found at two locations in Australia: West Kimberley,[4] and near Ballina, New South Wales.[5]
See also
- Chemistry:Nephrite – Variety of jade – the state gemstone of Wyoming
References
- ↑ Orlova, M. P. (March 1991). "Classification and Nomenclature of Rocks of the Lamproite Series" (in en). International Geology Review 33 (3): 263–268. doi:10.1080/00206819109465691. ISSN 0020-6814. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00206819109465691.
- ↑ Sobolev, V. S.; Bazarova, T. Ju.; Yagi, Kenzo (1975-12-01). "Crystallization temperature of wyomingite from Leucite Hills" (in en). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 49 (4): 301–308. doi:10.1007/BF00376182. ISSN 1432-0967. Bibcode: 1975CoMP...49..301S. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00376182.
- ↑ Gupta, Alok Krishna (2015), Gupta, Alok Krishna, ed., "Experimental Studies on K-Rich Rocks" (in en), Origin of Potassium-rich Silica-deficient Igneous Rocks (New Delhi: Springer India): pp. 381–420, doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2083-1_13, ISBN 978-81-322-2083-1, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-81-322-2083-1_13, retrieved 2024-09-30
- ↑ "Oscar Plug, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia". https://www.mindat.org/loc-251300.html.
- ↑ "Phlogopite lamproite". https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/item/phlogopite-lamproite/1021759.
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