hornblende

Rock type: 
Age: 
75 millions years

Russia, Primorsky Territory, Mount Falaza. Granodiorite massif. The massif has the shape of an oval elongated in a sub-latitudinal direction. Area 80 km square. Contacts with host rocks - 60-90 degrees. Granodiorites biotite-hornblende, gray, dark gray, medium-grained, fine-grained. Consist: plagioclase 50-60%, quartz 10-15%, orthoclase up to 10%, biotite 10-12%, hornblende 5-15%. Accessory: apatite, zircon, rarely orthite. Upper Cretaceous.

Rock type: 
Age: 
340 millions years

Greenish-gray gabbro. Lepidoblast and granoblast structure.Consist of: hornblende, augite, plagioclase. Accessory: apatite, zircon, sphene. Secondary minerals: chlorite, epidote, sericite. Middle paleozoic? Carboniferous?

Rock type: 
Age: 
50 millions years

Medium fine-grained biotite-pyroxene gabbro-diorite. Pluton. Sikhote-Alin series of Eocene subintrusions. Eocene. Massive texture. Consist: plagioclase 60-65%, clinopyroxene - 15–20%, hornblende - 1-5%, biotite - 10-15%. Accessory: apatite. νδ₽2

Rock type: 
Age: 
50 millions years

Gabbro-diorite pluton. Sikhote-Alin series of Eocene subintrusions. Eocene. Massive texture. Consist: plagioclase - 55-60%, clinopyroxene - 15–20%, hornblende - 10-15%, biotite - 5-10%, quartz - 1–5%. Accessory: apatite. νδ₽2

Rock type: 
Age: 
50 millions years

Dyke diorite porphyrite. Sikhote-Alin series of Eocene subintrusions. Eocene. The thickness of the dikes varies from 1 to 20 m, sometimes reaching 70 m, the length rarely exceeds 500 m. The studied contacts of the dikes have steep angles (70-80 degrees) of incidence, and contact alteration are expressed in weak keratinization of rocks to a width of 5-10 cm. Consist: phenocrysts 20-25% - plagioclase, hornblende; the bulk 75-80% - plagioclase 30-35%, dark-colored mineral (hornblende?) 15-20%, quartz up to 1%. Accessory: apatite, sphene. δπ₽2

Rock type: 
Age: 
1700 millions years

Russia, Amur region, Haikta river valley, Berezite gold mine. Granodiorites in a pit wall with lamproite dikes (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.

Rock type: 
Age: 
120 millions years

Gray quartz diorite. Stock. Iorokhanskiy complex. Consist: andesine 50-83%, hornblende 6-45%, quartz up to 16%, biotite - 1-4%, pyroxene up to 4%. qdК1