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TP ON DU KH VIT NAM
TRNG I HC DU KH VIT NAM

THCH HC
PETROGRAPHY
Chapter: Classification of Igneous
Rocks
CBGD
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Contents: Classification of Igneous Rocks

1. IUGS (The International Union of
Geological Sciences)

2. Traditional Classification of
Igneous Rocks

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Figure 2.1a. Method #1 for plotting a point with the components:

70% X, 20% Y, and 10% Z on triangular diagrams. (Winter, 2001).
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1. Classification of Igneous Rocks

Figure 2.1b. Method #2 for plotting a point with the components: 70% X, 20% Y, and
10% Z on triangular diagrams. (Winter, 2001).
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Point A
X: 30%
Y: 30%
Z: 40%

Figure 2.1c. Method #1 for plotting a point with the components:

Point A on triangular diagrams. (Winter, 2001).
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Classification of
Igneous Rocks

Figure 2.2a. A classification of the phaneritic

igneous rocks: Phaneritic rocks with more than
10% (quartz + feldspar + feldspathoids). After
IUGS.
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Figure 2.2b. A classification of the phaneritic

igneous rocks: Gabbroic rocks. After IUGS.
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1. Classification of Igneous Rocks

Figure 2.2c. A classification of the phaneritic igneous

rocks: Ultramafic rocks. After IUGS.
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Figure 2.3. A classification and

nomenclature of volcanic
rocks. After IUGS.
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Figure 2.4. A chemical

classification of volcanics
based on total alkalis vs.
silica. After Le Maitre
(2002)
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Figure 2.5. Classification of the pyroclastic rocks. After Fisher (1966)

Earth Sci. Rev., 1, 287-298.
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2. Classification of Igneous Rocks

Acid SiO2 > 65%

Oversaturated rocks; Colour index (CI) 0 40
Alkali feldspar

Tonalite

Plagioclase (No 10 -30)

Quartz > 20%
Granodiorite
Granite
Alkali granite
Adamelite

Quartz 5 20%
Quartz syenite Quartz monzonite Quartz Diorite

Rhyolite
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Dacite
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Intermediate SiO2 > 52 65%

Oversaturated rocks; Colour index (CI) 0 40

Alkali feldspar

Plagioclase (No 20 50)

Syenite

Monzonite

Diorite

Trachyte

Latite

Andesite

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Basic SiO2 45 52%

Ultrabasic SiO2 < 45%

Under- & Saturated rocks;

CI usually > 40
Plagioclase (No 50 100)

Undersaturated rocks;
CI 90 -100 %
Plagioclase 0 10 %

Gabbro
Norite
Trotolite
Anorthosite
Mg and CaMg pyroxenites

Feldspathic peridotite
(Dunite, peridotite,
pyroxenite)

Alkali gabbro

Tholeitic basalts and

diabases
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Sang olivine basalts
Alkali

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Feldspathoidal rocks;
CI low to med (SiO2: 52 65%)
Alkali feldspar

Feldspathoidal rocks;
CI low to high (SiO2
<52%)
Plagioclase
Feldspar
lacking

Feldspathoidal syenite
Nepheline syenite
Sodalite syenite

Phonolite

Feldspathoidal
gabbro

Ijolite
Alkaline
Pxenite

Shonkinite

Trachyandesite Basanites
Trachybasalt
Tephrite
Leucitites

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Ultrabasic SiO2 < 45%

Miscellaneous ultrabasic rocks

Volcanic or quasi-volcanic
Lamprophyres
Melilite-rich rocks
Carbonatite
Kimberlite

Nonfeldspathic peridotite (plutonic)

Komatiite (volcanic)
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