GEOROC Sample Information

Location
Latitude -1.38 | Longitude 29.67
EAST AFRICAN RIFT / WESTERN EAST AFRICAN RIFT (TANGANYIKA RIFT) / VIRUNGA PROVINCE / BUFUMBIRA VOLCANIC FIELD
MUHAVURA, BUFUMBIRA REGION
RIFT VOLCANICS

Reference

ROGERS N. W.,JAMES D. E.,KELLEY S. P.,DE MULDER M.

THE GENERATION OF POTASSIC LAVAS FROM THE EASTERN VIRUNGA PROVINCE, RWANDA

J. PETROL. 39 [1998] 1223-1247

Sample Name: M41

Sample Information

NOT GIVEN / LOW-SILICA LAVA, BASANITE/HAWAIITE / FRESH / MINOR ALTERATION LIMITED TO SERPENTINIZATION OF OLIVINE
OUTCROP

Sample Age Information

No sample age information given.

Chemistry (and, if given, analytical ages)

Analyzed: WHOLE ROCK

AL2O313.23 WT%
CAO10.69 WT%
FE2O3T13.11 WT%
K2O3.59 WT%
MGO7.64 WT%
MNO0.2 WT%
NA2O2.34 WT%
P2O50.57 WT%
SIO244.76 WT%
TIO23.72 WT%
CE175 PPM
EU3.16 PPM
LA88.4 PPM
LU0.42 PPM
ND70.7 PPM
SM11.8 PPM
TB1.28 PPM
YB2.54 PPM
BA1338 PPM
CO46 PPM
CR187 PPM
CS1.05 PPM
CU19 PPM
HF7.24 PPM
NB103 PPM
NI35 PPM
PB5 PPM
RB110 PPM
SC32.2 PPM
SR996 PPM
TA7.67 PPM
TH13.7 PPM
U3.04 PPM
V346 PPM
Y29 PPM
ZN92 PPM
ZR321 PPM