Table
T4. Minerals identified by XRD analysis, Site 1191.
interval (cm)
major (minor, "trace") minerals*
193-1191A-
2R-1,
32-36
1
Slightly
altered, aphyric, moderately vesicular rhyodacite
Opaline
silica (plagioclase, marcasite, pyrite)
3R-1,
18-21
1
Slightly
altered, aphyric, moderately vesicular rhyodacite
Opaline
silica, plagioclase (cristobalite)
3R-1,
53-54
1
Slightly
altered, aphyric, moderately vesicular rhyodacite
Plagioclase,
cristobalite ("spinel, ?magnetite")
Notes: XRD = X-ray diffraction. * = the terms major, minor, and trace are applied to XRD analyses as explained in "Hydrothermal Alteration" in the "Explanatory Notes" chapter and do not imply quantitative abundances.