~~ Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures W.S. MacKenzie, C.H. Donaldson & C. GuilfordContents Pretace Part | The textures of igneous rocks Numbers refer to photographs not co pages) Introd Terms referring 1o what the aided and unaided eye can of cannot se Terms indicating absolute ranges of grain size Crystal shapes: Terms indicating quality of the development of faces on crystals Terms indicating three-dimensional erystal shape ‘General three dimensional terms Specific three-dimensional terms Skeletal, dendritic and embayed erystals Perallel-growth eryst. Sieve-tentured erystals Elongate, curved. branching erystals Pseudomorphs ‘Mutual relations of crystals (and amorphous materials) Equigranular textures Inequigranular textures Seriate texture Porphyritic texture rm 1s 18 2 2% a 3 w 2 aGlomeroporphyritic texture 4647 Poikiltic texture 4851 Ophitc texture 5257 Interstitial textures 5863 Oriented. aligned and directed texture 64 66 “Trachytic texture 4 06 Trachstoid texture 67 69 Parallel-growth texture xc MD ‘Comb texture (comb layering) wn Crbicular texture vorbicular layering) aay Intergrowth textures Consertal texture Micrographie texture (or graphic. if visible with the nuke! eye} Granopbyric texture Myrmekitic texture Intrafasciculate texcure Lamellir and bieb-Like intergrowths Spmplecite texture Radiate textur Spherulitie texture Bo 88 Variolite texture ” Radiate interarowth *” Overgrowth textures ‘Skeletor dendritic overgrowth on Corona texture O04 Ceyxal zoning 95. 102 Banded textures (banding) 103-104 ‘Comb layering, orbicular texture, and ocellar texture 10s Cavity textures ‘Vesicular texture 106.107 Amygdaloidal texture 108 Miarolitic texture 109 . Lithophysa or (tone ball texture Part 2 Varieties of igneous rocks (Numbers refer to photographs not to pases} LUtrabasic rocks Dunit 0 Perdoute mn Kimberlte 12 Garnet peridose 3 Pyroxent tia | Romatite us Meymechite 6 Homblendite " Basi rocks Bass ‘ar Tholeiic asst ix var. Alkali olivine basalt ‘ar. Lunar low-Ti basalt var Lunes high-Ti basalt a1 var. Periie basal 2 var, Ankaramite Bs eile