Comparative petrology of the leucocratic syenites of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland
β Scribed by I. Parsons
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 642 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0072-1050
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β¦ Synopsis
The normative mineralogy of the Loch Borralan, Loch Ailsh and Loch Loyal Ieucosyenites is compared to thesystem Ab -Or -An -Qz. At Borralan, the upper quartz-syenitesofcnoc-na-Sroine plot within the plagioclase volume, the lower perthosites within the alkali feldspar volume. This mineralogy cannot have been attained by in situ crystal fractionation. The Ailsh rocks plot within the plagioclase volume, the Loyal syenites within the alkali feldspar volume. The three complexes cannot have been derived from a single magma body at depth, and are not precisely coeval.
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