Table
T4. Minerals identified by XRD, Site 1190.
Notes: XRD = X-ray diffraction. * = the terms major, minor, and trace are
applied to XRF analyses as explained in "Hydrothermal Alteration" in
the "Explanatory Notes" chapter and do not imply quantitative
abundances.
Core,
section,
interval (cm)Unit
Description
XRD
identification
major (minor, "trace") minerals*
193-1190C-
2R-1, 3-5
1
Fresh, aphyric,
moderately vesicular rhyodacite with a small amount of pale blue
alteration
Plagioclase (opaline
silica, augite, corrensite?, "smectite")