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Picrobasalt

A rock classification type
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Picrobasalt

Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
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Picrobasalt

Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
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Picrobasalt

Mount Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
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About PicrobasaltHide

Fine grained ultramafic rocks with 41-45% SiO2, 2-3% (Na2O+K2O).


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
48571
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:48571:1

Classification of PicrobasaltHide

Sub-divisions of PicrobasaltHide

Mineralogy of PicrobasaltHide

Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present:
OlivineM2SiO4
PyroxeneADSi2O6

Synonyms of PicrobasaltHide

Internet Links for PicrobasaltHide

References for PicrobasaltHide

Reference List:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picrite_basalt
Mishra, K. K. (1971) Petrology of the picrite-basalt flows in the Igatpuri area, Nasik district, Maharashtra. Bulletin Volcanologique, 35 (4). 957-964 doi:10.1007/bf02596857
Wilkinson, J. F. G., Hensel, H. D. (1988) The petrology of some picrites from Mauna Loa and Kilauea volcanoes, Hawaii. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98 (3) 326-345 doi:10.1007/bf00375183
HANSKI, E. (2001) The Palaeoproterozoic Komatiite-Picrite Association of Finnish Lapland. Journal of Petrology, 42 (5) 855-876 doi:10.1093/petrology/42.5.855
Tsikouras, Basilios, Pe-Piper, Georgia, Piper, David J.W., Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin (2008) Triassic rift-related komatiite, picrite and basalt, Pelagonian continental margin, Greece. Lithos, 104 (1) 199-215 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2007.12.007
Schulz, Klaus J., Chandler, Val W., Nicholson, Suzanne W., Piatak, Nadine M., Seal, Robert R., Woodruff, Laurel G., Zientek, Michael L. (2010) Magmatic sulfide-rich nickel-copper deposits related to picrite and (or) tholeiitic basalt dike-sill complexes-A preliminary deposit model. Open-File Report 2010-1179. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20101179
Natali, Claudio, Beccaluva, Luigi, Bianchini, Gianluca, Ellam, Robert M., Savo, Andrea, Siena, Franca, Stuart, Finlay M. (2016) High-MgO lavas associated to CFB as indicators of plume-related thermochemical effects: The case of ultra-titaniferous picrite–basalt from the Northern Ethiopian–Yemeni Plateau. Gondwana Research, 34. 29-48 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2016.02.009
Zhang, Yi-Shen, Hou, Tong, Veksler, Ilya V., Lesher, Charles E., Namur, Olivier (2018) Phase equilibria and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of high-Ti picrite from the Paleogene East Greenland flood basalt province. Lithos, 300. 20-32 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2017.11.011
Simonov, V. A., Kontorovich, V. A., Stupakov, S. I., Filippov, Yu. F., Saraev, S. V., Kotlyarov, A. V. (2019) Setting of the Formation of Paleozoic Picrite Basalt Complexes in the West Siberian Plate Basement. Doklady Earth Sciences, 486 (2) 613-616 doi:10.1134/s1028334x19060217
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