hk e ro7(r ee Oe THE UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE EARHT SCIENCE DISCIPLINE IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY PRACTICAL 6 “DEFORMATION HISTORY AND P-T-t PATHS OF METAMORPHI ROCKS” NAME: SAMUEL TORO ID #: 20181232MINERALOGY Name Essential | Andalusite Com, ALSiOs itionee Pecaetiees Hiement Wee | Colour | Colouriess K,0 | Habitvchape : Foliaed MgO: 23.23% | Cleavage : Present} ALO; 11.76% Pe elaine Feo 829% siete Sio, 4150% eseae HO. 3.64% Por ion er. Element | Wee [alow Coaes | |} S1O= 100% TEXTURES: Schistose Texture TEXTURES AND FABRICS Andalusite Looking at the minerals, the minerals are foliated especially the mica minerals and upon. foliation, the andalusite phenocrysts formed when the mica were subjected under low pn Jow to high temperature. The phenocryst after itis formed again gets overprinted! (replac ‘minerals which is seen on the images attached below. F PETROGENESIS ‘This thin section is formed by regional metamorphism of a wide arigillaceous and arigillaceous sediments specifically the arigiTectonic and Metamorphic History 4P-T-t PathPPL Image + Rt Ocfonce OF Povplongrobluast “~~Mica Gneiss ID #: RS8I1AQuartz Pr Element | Wi% Pleochroism Abe od Sra ‘Accessory | Homblende ce Element | Wi% 5 TEXTURE & FABRIC: Gnessic Texture and foliated INTERPRETATION & PETROGENESIS ‘This thin section R5831A is of metamorphic rock subjected to high pressure and temperature than ‘schist with mostly first and second order birefringence minerals. These minerals are biotite, plagioclase and quartz which constitutes >10% of the rock’s thin section studied. All ofthese minerals have undergone metasomatism where biotite shows alteration on its mineral crystals, Other minerals have no introduction of new chemical components into the existing | in aqueous solutions hence they're not altered. tis formed metamorphosis of granite or a sedimentary rock. It displays distinct foli ‘alternating layers composed different minerals. It does not preferentially break: planes unlike schist and slate because less than 50% of the minerals are foP-T-t Path