Wyomingite Explained

Wyomingite is a type of volcanic rock. Specifically, it is a diopside-leucite phlogopite lamproite.[1] It is a potassium enriched, alkaline, basic, phonolite first found in the Leucite Hills of Sweetwater County, Wyoming.[2] Wyomingites are between foidite and tephri-phonolite in composition (in the QAPF classification) and contain leucite (20-25%), augite, phlogopite, apatite, calcite, magnetite and small amounts of olivine (but the latter may be absent). Silica (SiO2) content is between 48.9% and 51.7%. Common groundmass includes potassium-richterite. Wyomingite has also been found at two locations in Australia: West Kimberley,[3] and near Ballina, New South Wales.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Orlova . M. P. . March 1991 . Classification and Nomenclature of Rocks of the Lamproite Series . International Geology Review . en . 33 . 3 . 263–268 . 10.1080/00206819109465691 . 0020-6814.
  2. Sobolev . V. S. . Bazarova . T. Ju. . Yagi . Kenzo . 1975-12-01 . Crystallization temperature of wyomingite from Leucite Hills . Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology . en . 49 . 4 . 301–308 . 10.1007/BF00376182 . 1975CoMP...49..301S . 129836750 . 1432-0967.
  3. Web site: Oscar Plug, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia .
  4. Web site: Phlogopite lamproite .