hornblende

Russia, Khabarovsk territory, mount Shchebenchikha. Light gray andesite-dacites with porphyry plagioclase and hornblende. Very strongly altered. Plagioclase is often replaced by carbonates. Hornblende is opacitized. Cretaceous, cenomanian.

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Podokhorenok. Andesite. Horizontal cover. Thickness - 300 meters. Massive texture, aphyric structure. Phenocrysts: plagioclase, hornblende, rarely pyroxene. Paleocene. Danian. Selandian.

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory, river valley Ko. Grandiorite massif. Bachelazskiy complex. Granodiorites are medium-grained, gray. Consist: plagioclase - 37-54%, K-spar - 8-27%, quartz - 18-30%, biotite - 8-13%, hornblende - 4-12%. Accessory minerals: magnetite, apatite, ortit, zircon, monazite. Massive texture. Hypidiomorphic grain structure. Upper Cretaceous. Definitions of absolute age: 86-103 million years.

Russia, Amur region, Kolbachi Creek Valley. Contact granodiorites (light) and lamproite dike (dark). Porphyry biotite-hornblende granodiorites. Granodiorites form a large Haiktinsky massif. A characteristic feature of granodiorites is the greenish color of plagioclase and the rocks themselves, due to the processes of chlorination, epidotization and carbonatization, accompanied by co-securitization and seritization of plagioclase. Pozdnestanovoy complex. Paleoproterozoic. Lamproite dike - the third phase of the Amujikan complex. Upper Jurassic.

Russia, Amur region, Haikta river valley. Porphyry biotite-hornblende granodiorites. Granodiorites form a large Haiktinsky massif. A characteristic feature of granodiorites is the greenish color of plagioclase and the rocks themselves, due to the processes of chlorination, epidotization and carbonatization, accompanied by co-securitization and seritization of plagioclase. Pozdnestanovoy complex. Paleoproterozoic.

Russia, Amur region, Haikta river valley, Berezite gold mine. Porphyry biotite-hornblende granodiorites. Granodiorites form a large Haiktinsky massif. A characteristic feature of granodiorites is the greenish color of plagioclase and the rocks themselves, due to the processes of chlorination, epidotization and carbonatization, accompanied by co-securitization and seritization of plagioclase. Pozdnestanovoy complex. Paleoproterozoic.

Russia, Amur Region, Mikhailovsky Pillars. Andesites - dark gray, greenish-gray rocks, with a massive, fluid texture. Porphyry phenocrysts up to 20%. Consist: andesine, hornblende, augite. Bulk - volcanic glass. Lower Cretaceous. Determination of absolute age - 115 million years.

Russia, Amur Region, Sergeyevskiye Pillars. Andesites - dark gray, greenish-gray rocks, with a massive, fluid texture. Porphyry phenocrysts up to 20%. Consist: andesine, hornblende, augite. Bulk - volcanic glass. Lower Cretaceous. Determination of absolute age - 115 million years.

Russia, Amur Region, Mikhailovsky Pillars. Andesites - dark gray, greenish-gray rocks, with a massive, fluid texture. Porphyry phenocrysts up to 20%. Consist: andesine, hornblende, augite. Bulk - volcanic glass. Lower Cretaceous. Determination of absolute age - 115 million years.

Russia, Amur Region, Mikhailovsky Pillars. Andesites - dark gray, greenish-gray rocks, with a massive, fluid texture. Porphyry phenocrysts up to 20%. Consist: andesine, hornblende, augite. Bulk - volcanic glass. Lower Cretaceous. Determination of absolute age - 115 million years.