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Modul 5 Geolimia Dan Batuan Beku
Modul 5 Geolimia Dan Batuan Beku
Modul 5 Geolimia Dan Batuan Beku
INTERMEDIATE igneous rocks tend to form where you have felsic and mafic melts
MIX (such as a continental oceanic collision boundary).
ultramafic
mafic
Chemistry Felsic Intermediate Mafic Ultramafic
HIGH SiO2 high SiO2 low SiO2 LOW SiO2
Texture LOW Fe, Mg low Fe, Mg high Fe, Mg HIGH Fe, Mg
Rhyolite (left)
felsic
Andesite (bottom left)
Basalt (bottom right)
intermediate
mafic
Chemistry Felsic Intermediate Mafic Ultramafic
HIGH SiO2 high SiO2 low SiO2 LOW SiO2
Texture LOW Fe, Mg low Fe, Mg high Fe, Mg HIGH Fe, Mg
Pumice (left)
Scoria (bottom left)
Obsidian (bottom)
Note gasses in the lava can cause fine
holes called vesicles as seen in the
pumice and scoria.
Chemistry Felsic Intermediate Mafic Ultramafic
HIGH SiO2 high SiO2 low SiO2 LOW SiO2
Texture LOW Fe, Mg low Fe, Mg high Fe, Mg HIGH Fe, Mg