Table 2. Representative microprobe analyses and calculated formula of plagioclase (single spots).
Rock type:
Staurolite-bearing high-grade schist
Corundum-bearing schist
Gneiss
Granite
Sample:
161-976B-74X-1, 30-34 cm
74X-1,
30-34 cm
76R-1,
45-49 cm
74X-1,
30-34 cm
77R-2,
24-26 cm
77R-2,
24-26 cm
98R-1, 96-101 cm
98R-1, 96-101 cm
82R-1, 93-98 cm
82R-1, 93-98 cm
Textural
position:
Plagioclase I
core
Plagioclase I
rim
Included
garnet II
Included
garnet I
Plagioclase I core
Plagioclase I rim
Core
Rim
Core
Rim
Analytic point:
C-50
C-52
B-124
C-35
F-12
F-21
80
81
43
37
SiO2 50.35 53.17 55.51 49.07 45.66 50.19 57.16 57.01 58.96 60.41
Al2O3 31.19 29.71 28.72 32.58 34.43 31.59 25.83 26.11 24.88 24.78
TiO2 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01
Fe2O3 0.12 0.18 0.30 0.31 0.04 0.23 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.04
MnO 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
MgO 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CaO 14.35 12.66 10.77 15.82 17.96 14.66 8.49 8.67 7.29 6.91
N2O 3.05 4.32 5.38 2.62 1.03 3.11 6.80 6.65 7.30 7.68
K2O 0.20 0.10 0.17 0.06 0.21 0.14 0.22 0.17 0.32 0.24
Total 99.28 100.18 100.89 100.55 99.35 99.94 98.51 98.82 98.75 100.08
Cations normalized to 32 oxygens (all Fe as Fe3+)
Si 9.234 9.616 9.919 8.936 8.463 9.161 10.402 10.349 10.658 10.757
Al 6.743 6.334 6.051 6.995 7.522 6.796 5.542 5.588 5.303 5.203
Ti 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.000 0.001
Fe3+ 0.015 0.022 0.036 0.039 0.006 0.029 0.000 0.021 0.000 0.005
Mn 0.000 0.005 0.007 0.011 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.000
Mg 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.000
Ca 2.819 2.454 2.062 3.087 3.568 2.867 1.655 1.687 1.411 1.319
Na 1.086 1.516 1.865 0.926 0.372 1.101 2.399 2.340 2.557 2.651
K 0.046 0.023 0.038 0.014 0.049 0.034 0.050 0.039 0.073 0.055
Z 19.949 19.970 19.980 20.009 19.982 19.989 20.049 20.029 20.003 19.991
Ab 0.275 0.380 0.470 0.230 0.093 0.275 0.585 0.576 0.633 0.659
An 0.714 0.615 0.520 0.767 0.895 0.717 0.403 0.415 0.349 0.328
Or 0.012 0.006 0.010 0.003 0.012 0.008 0.012 0.010 0.018 0.014

Notes: End-member mole fractions are calculated as: [Na/(Ca + Na + K)]= Ab; [Ca/(Ca + Na + K)]= An; and [K/(Ca + Na + K)]= Or. Mineral abbreviations from Kretz (1983).