Stable Mineral Assemblages of Igneous Rocks - A Method of Calculation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973)

This book represents the results of a lengthy study which Professor ALFRED RITTMANN began some thirty years ago. The relationship between the chemical and mineralogical composition of igneous rocks is established as far as is possible. Petrographers will appreciate that this problem is extremely complex, particularly since this relationship forms the basis of the classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks. The ingenious scheme of calculation of the CI.P.W. norm system is essentially chemical in nature. The compositions of the stoichiometrically ideal "normative minerals" do not correspond to those of the constituent minerals found in rocks. Although the "norm" is not intended to equal the "mode" or actual mineral composition of a rock, at least a qualitative agreement between the norm and the mode is desirable. For a number of rocks and rock groups, especially the leucocratic and silicic rocks, the deviation of the norm from the mode is generally within tolerable limits. For the melanocratic and highly subsilicic rocks, on the other hand, the CI.P. W. scheme of calculation too often yields results which fail to reflect the observed mineral composition. The anomalies produced in the cal culation of extremely subsilicic volcanic rocks have recently been briefly discussed by F. CHAVES and H. S. YODER, JR. (1971)."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Minerals, Rocks and Mountains, 7
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1973
Authors:	A Rittmann
Contributors:	V Gottini • W Hewers • H. Pichler • R Stengelin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-65484-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General
LSN:	3-642-65484-3
Barcode:	9783642654848

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