IN SHERGOTTITE. M. Kayama, T. Nakazato, H. Nishido, K. Ninagawa and A. Gucsik Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, 700-0005, Japan ([email protected]), Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science 1-1 Ridai-cho, Okayama, 700-005, Japan, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Department of Geochemistry, Joh.-J. Becherweg 27...

Alkali-feldspar occurs in the Crowsnest Volcanics as phenocrysts and as free euhedra in the pyroclastics and their re-worked derivatives. Composition varies from 6O/p to 95/6 Or-molecule and 2V f.rom 50'[-f (010)] to 35'[ll(010)l' Individual crystals show a range of 2Zvalues, but only rarely contain more than one K-rich phase. Optics indicate that most of the K-feldspar is intermediate between ...

Petrological data have been acquired on the natural trachytes from the Chaîne des Puys, French Massif Central, and on experimental products from phase equilibria in order to (i) constrain the storage conditions of the trachytic magmas that lead to explosive eruptions (dome destructions as block-and-ash flows or pumice-and-ash flows) and (ii) provide phase relationships and chemical compositions...

Synneusis, the drifting together and systematic attachment of crystals in a melt, is involved in three of the known origins for mantled feldspars: (1) overgrowth, (2) exsolution, and (3) filling of skeletal plagioclase. Quartz latite dikes of the Chocolate Mountains, California, contain plagioclase crystals in parallel and twinned synneusis. Sanidine mantles consisting of segments, each crystal...

Using data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, we show that four regions of the Moon previously described as "red spots" exhibit mid-infrared spectra best explained by quartz, silica-rich glass, or alkali feldspar. These lithologies are consistent with evolved rocks similar to lunar granites in the Apollo samples. The spectral character of these spots is distinct from surrounding mare...

The Papuk Mt. belongs to the Slavonian Mountains in Croatia. It is situated in the southernmost part of the Tisza Megaunit (Fig. 1). Comprehensive reviews of the geological setting of this area are given by JAMIČIĆ & BRKIĆ (1987), JAMIČIĆ (1989) and KOROLIJA & JAMIČIĆ (1989). VRAGOVIĆ (1965) gave a detailed petrographic description of the gneisses, granitoids and the pegmatites of this region. ...

Mid-infrared 2-D spectroscopic measurements from 8.0 to 12.7mm of Mercury were taken using Boston University’s Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (MIRSI) mounted on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, 7–11 April 2006. Measurements reported here cover radar bright region C, a dark plains region west of Caloris Basin, and the interior of Caloris Basin. By use of sp...