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: M79

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

ND143_ND1440.5125
SR87_SR860.70644
AL2O313.26 WT%
CAO10.75 WT%
FE2O3T13.39 WT%
K2O3.72 WT%
MGO7.6 WT%
MNO0.2 WT%
NA2O2.22 WT%
P2O50.58 WT%
SIO244.58 WT%
TIO23.74 WT%
CE179 PPM
EU3.19 PPM
LA88.1 PPM
LU0.42 PPM
ND75.9 PPM
SM12.1 PPM
TB1.29 PPM
YB2.49 PPM
BA1325 PPM
CO45.5 PPM
CR171 PPM
CS1.04 PPM
CU21 PPM
HF7.29 PPM
NB105 PPM
NI32 PPM
PB7 PPM
RB113 PPM
SC32.1 PPM
SR999 PPM
TA7.61 PPM
TH13.1 PPM
U3.29 PPM
V363 PPM
Y29 PPM
ZN98 PPM
ZR326 PPM