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Department of Mineralogy and Petrology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Comenius University in Bratislava

Category: Volcanic glass

Type

Commons

Name origin

Locality

GPS: 48° 38' 27.2" N, 18° 55' 15.1" E

Major minerals

Accessory minerals

Classification

 - Macro  - Classification

Colour

Structure

Granularity

Texture

Alterations

Petrographic characteristics

Usage

Literature

Photomicrographs

 - Micro 1  - Micro 2  - Micro 3  - Micro 4

Normative composition

Step of calculation
Normative minerals



SiO2
TiO2
ZrO2
Al2O3
Fe2O3
FeO
MnO
MgO
CaO
Na2O
K2O
P2O5
F
S
CO2

Total
Molar proportion of normative mineral
Molecular mass of normative mineral
Weight % of normative mineral



Oxide
(wt. %)
73.36
0.08

12.59
1.24

0.07
0.18
1.11
2.03
4.95
0.01




95.61



Molecular
weight
60.08
79.88

101.96
159.69
71.85
70.94
40.31
56.08
61.98
94.20
141.95








Molecular
proportion
1.2210
0.0009

0.1235
0.0078
0.0009
0.0009
0.0045
0.0198
0.0328
0.0525
0.0001





1
ap











0.0002


0.0001





0.0001
328.68
0.02
4
il




0.0009



0.0009











0.0009
151.75
0.14
8
or



0.3153


0.0525






0.0525






0.0525
556.67
29.25
9
ab



0.1965


0.0328





0.0328







0.0328
524.46
17.18
10
an



0.0391


0.0196




0.0196








0.0196
278.21
5.44
10
c






0.0186













0.0186
101.96
1.90
13
hm







0.0078












0.0078
159.69
1.24
14
zvyšky








0.0000

0.0045
0.0000










17
hy



0.0045




0.000

0.0045









0.0045
100.33
0.45
18
q



0.6657
















0.6657
60.08
39.99
Y: 0.5554
D: -0.6657
Mg/(Mg+Fe2+): 1.000
Total of normative wt. % 95.61

Comment

Chemical composition

-

SiO2
73.36
TiO2
0.08
Al2O3
12.59
Fe2O3
1.24
MnO
0.07
MgO
0.18
CaO
1.11
Na2O
2.03
K2O
4.95
P2O5
0.01
H2O+
0.25
H2O-
0.37
Total
96.23
Mg(Mg/Fe2+)
0.22
A/CNK
1.17
A/NK
1.45

-

SiO2
75.00
Al2O3
9.40
Fe2O3
2.97
MgO
0.50
CaO
1.70
Na2O
3.55
K2O
3.80
LOI
2.15
Total
97.27
Mg(Mg/Fe2+)
0.25
A/CNK
0.72
A/NK
0.94

-

SiO2
73.60
Al2O3
12.40
Fe2O3
1.25
MgO
0.15
Na2O
2.99
K2O
4.18
H2O+
3.17
H2O-
0.20
Total
97.94
Mg(Mg/Fe2+)
0.19
A/CNK
1.31
A/NK
1.31