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Sample Type of Object
Rock
Sample Name
Hornblende-Augite Andesite
Sample ID (Self-granted ID)
MM_Rock_24_2023
Material
Rock
Field Name
Geological Survey in Stone Forest, Mt.Popa, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region.
Sample Description
Hornblende-Augite Andesite are medium to dark coloured vesicular volcanic rocks, mostly fine grained with typically porphyric texture (larger crystals in a fine groundmass). The phenocrysts (the larger crystals) comprise plagioclase, pyroxene, biotite and iron-titanium oxides. The groundmass is fine-grained, frequently glassy.
Age
0.001 ~ 1.806
Age(unit)
Million Years (Ma)
Geological Age
Recent
Geological Unit
Recent
Collection Method
Manual
Collection Method Description
Mineral Database
Size
11 cm x 9 cm x 10 cm
Size(unit)
cm
Comment
Geological Survey in Stone Forest, Mt.Popa, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region.
Purpose
Museum
Tag
Elevation
400 ~ 500
Nav Type
GPS
Name of Physiographic Feature
Mineral Deposit Area
Location Description
Geological Survey in Stone Forest, Mt.Popa, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region.
Locality
Stone Forest, Mt.Popa, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region
Locality Description
HornbIende-Augite-Andesite, - Like the Tuungbaw type this comes fr om one of the minor fows of the present Mount Pope, and is also found to the north of the crater where the greater part of t he flow was probably destroyed in the final disruption of the mountain , The remnant forms a sma ll hill just to the eas t of the villege of Ngayeagon. A similar rock was observed north of Kanzatkon village.
Country
Myanmar (Burma)
State/Province
Mandalay Region
City/Township
Kyaukpadaung Township
Field Program/Cruise
Platform Type
Platform Name
Platform Description
Launch Type
Launch Platform Name
Launch ID
Collector/Chief Scientist
Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, Field Party.
Collector/Chief Scientist Address
Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, Naypyitaw, [email protected]
Collection Date
Collection Time
Current Archive
Museum
Current Archive Contact
Original Archive
Museum
Original Archive Contact
Depth in Core
Core Depth(unit)
File Format
JPEG
File Title
Hornblende-Augite Andesite_MM_Rock_24_2023
URL
URL Type
URL Description
Document File
CC License
CC BY-NC - The author is free to use, but not for profit.
Copyright
The copyright of this data is held by CCOP.
Data Registrant
Registration Date
2023-02-21
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