Glass and amygdules in Precambrian diabases from Orivesi, southern Finland

Glassy apophyses of a Precambrian diabase dyke appear at Orivesi, southern Finland. In chemical composition the glass is a subalkaline tholeiite. The glass content of the apophyses is 90 %, the only crystals found being two generations of plagioclase and some sporadic olivine. The intrusion temperat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: K. Lindqvist, I. Laitakari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of Finland 1980-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Online Access:http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume52/sgs_bt_052_2_pages_221_229.pdf