Batuan beku basa

batuan beku basa adalah gabro dan basal.

Foto : Kenampakan Gabro dalam Sayatan Tipis

Foto : Kenampakan Basal dalam Sayatan Tipis

Batuan beku ultrabasa

Foto : Kenampakan Dunit dalam Sayatan Tipis

Tekstur pada batuan beku basa dan ultrabasa

Cummulate texture dari mineral olivine, piroksen, plagioklas, dan

magnetit
Sumber : http://www4.nau.edu/meteorite/Meteorite/Book-
Textures.html

Tekstur ofitik
Sumber : http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/geoimages/ah/ah990b.jpg

Tekstur subofitik
Sumber :
http://www4.nau.edu/meteorite/Meteorite/Images/Subophitic_Texture.j
pg
 Tekstur Corona
Sapphirine (green) corona on Sillimanite (high interference colors), the
gray crystals are Cordierite. PPL image, 10x (Field of view = 2mm)
(Sumber: http://www.alexstrekeisen.it/english/meta/corona.php)

Tekstur Intergranular

Basalt with coarse-grained intergranular groundmass. XPL image , 2x (Field of

view = 7mm)
(Sumber: http://www.alexstrekeisen.it/english/vulc/Intergranular.php#)

Tekstur Intersertal
Spaces between crystals occupied by glass in a Basalt. XPL image , 10x (Field
of view = 2mm)
(Sumber: http://www.alexstrekeisen.it/english/vulc/intersertal.php)
 Tekstur Bird’s Eye
Granite sample under cross polarized light containing plagioclase, quartz, and mica. The mica
in orange here exhibits the bird's eye extinction pattern.

Klasifikasi batuan beku basa (mafik) dan ultra basa (ultra

mafik; sumber IUGS classification)