Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures W.S. MacKenzie, C.H. Donaldson & C. GuilfordContents Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 The textures of igneous rocks (Numbers refer to photographs - not to pages) Introduction Crystallinity Granularity ‘Terms referring to what the aided and unaided eye can or cannot see ‘Terms indicating absolute ranges of grain size Terms indicating relative sizeof crystals (Crystal shapes ‘Terms indicating quality of the development of faces on crystals “Terms indicating three-dimensional crystal shape General three-dimensional terms Specific three-dimensional terms ‘Skeletal, dendritic and embayed erystals Paralle-growth crystals Sieve-textured crystals Elongate, curved. branching erystals Pseudomorphs ‘Mutual relations of erystals (and amorphous materials) Equigranular textures Inequigranular textures Seriate texture Porphyritic texture 1014 1817 18.22 23.28 26.30 3132 3 May 38 39.43 aEGlomeroporphyritie texwure Poikilitic texture Ophitie texture Interstitial textures (Oriented, aligned and directed textures Trachytic texture Trachytoid texture Parallel-growth texture see ‘Comb texture (comb layering) Orbicular texture (orbicular layering) see Imtergrowth vextures ‘Consertal texture Micrographic texture (or graphic. if visible with the naked eye) Granophyric texture Myrmekitic texture Intrafasciculate texture Lamellar and bleb-like intergrowths Symplectite texture Radiate textures Spherulitic texture Variolitic texture Radiate intergrowth Overgrowth textures Skeletal or dendritic overgrowths Corona texture Crystal zoning. Banded textures (banding) ‘Comb layering, orbicular texture, and ocellar texture Cavity textures Vesicular texture Amysdaloidal texture Miarolitc texture Lithopnysa or (stone-ball) texture Part 2 Varieties of igneous rocks (Numbers refer to photographs ~ not to pages) Introduction Ultrabasie rocks, Dunite Peridotite Kimberlite Garnet peridotite Pyroxenite Komatiite Meymechite Horblendite Basic rocks Basalts var. Tholeitie basalt var, Alkali olivine basalt var. Lunar low-Ti basalt var. Lunar high-T basalt var. Picrtie basalt wae Ankaramite 46-47 4851 5257 5863 64 66 7 a2 071 104 RB 14.76 67 80.83, 84 88, 86.88 89 1 92.94 95-102 103-104 106-107 108, 0 ML 2 na nd us 16 47 118 u9 iri im