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Low-K basalt andesite

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SiO2 wt. %
 Reference
Ewart, Anthony. "The mineralogy and petrology of
Tertiary-Recent orogenic volcanic rocks: with special
reference to the andesitic-basaltic compositional
range." Andesites: Orogenic Andesites and Related
Rocks 7 (1982): 25-98..

High-K rhyolite
K dacite
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Rhyolite
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Low-K rhyolite
w-K dacite

65 70 75
SiO2% K2O%
45 1.4
48 1.7
56 3.2
63 4.0
63 5.0
63 0.0
69 0.0
69 5.4
69 0.0
56 0.0
56 4.5
56 0.0
52 0.0
52 3.4
52 1.5
45 0.9
52 1.5
56 1.8
76 3.5
56 1.8
56 0.7
45 0.2
56 0.7
76 1.6