Syenite with Sodalite and Epidote (igneous rock)3D ModelNoAI
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Locality: Brazil
No.: 2121
Size: 18.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm
Type: Igneous intrusive (plutonic) rock
Description: Foid-syenites are a group of phaneritic, holocrystalline feldspathoidal igneous rocks showing a great diversity of mineral compositions, e.g., alkali feldspar (35% to 80%), feldspathoids (10% to 45%), sodic-plagioclase (5% to 45%), and mafics (iron-rich biotite, sodic amphiboles, sodic pyroxenes) (10% to 65%). This rock sample contains alkali-feldspar with sodalite and epidote minerals.
Essential minerals: alkali-feldspar, feldspathoid(s) (sodalite ± nepheline ± cancrinite)
Mafic minerals: amphibole (hornblende)
Website: http://geology.uaic.ro/muzee/mineralogie/
Concept & 3D-modelling by dr. Andrei Ionut APOPEI
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