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MINERALOGY & PETROGRAPHY QAB 1034

QUTZ 2
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ApRIL

2011

5.00-5.3Opm

NAME: ..{.Y.t Farohrn y!:P

I/D: r 3

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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

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1.
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To determine the index of relraction at a rvavelength of 589 nm, the method that
is used is the:
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a) dross-oolar method
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errur'Line method / o,-t]1,^* tlvc^i r*h o n rn <fi-c d

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d) XRD method

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2.

A group of rocks having the chain structure is the:

a)/tectosilicates

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d)

Lec+,t

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inosilicates
sheet silicates
neosilicates

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A carbonate which is mud-supporled and contains more than 10% grains is:
a\,/carbonate

m rrdstone

t6);;;b;;ui.,'u.t.rton"
,) packestone grw^ir s'pp" r te{ cal n"'d )
d) grainstone y^in e'fra"le'! c Kr.3 --d)

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5. Tlp typical mineral assemblage

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b)
c)
d)

present in a phyllite is:

grrurt , biotite, plagioclase, garnet and kyanite
quartz, biotite, plagioclase, garnet and sillimanite
quartz, chlorite, muscovite, plagioclase
qu.artz, chlorite, muscovite, plagioclase and olivine

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,ii:idic
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voliadic
volcadic rocks tend to have more glass
{ciclic
slass than badic volcanic rocks becausc:
ri i ir:,igrnas in acidic rocks are poor in silica and alkalies and they tend to be
ri,rrre fluid

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are poor in silica and they tend to be more viscous

-nlrgr]r&s in acidic rocks
,.rrgmas in acidic rocks are rich in silica and alkalies and they tend to be ttrorc

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.it magmas in acidic rocks are rich in silica and alkalies and they tend to be Irtorc
fluid
numerous grains of various minerals in random orientation are completell'
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en tosed with large optically continuous crystals of different composition. it has a:
ffi poikililic texture c
'Y) graphic textttre '4e2

c) myrmekitic textvre,//
d) spherulitic texture r^liat of<A^l<

'; \q 8. A rudite that is composed of poorly sorted,

mud to gravel-sized sediment,

commonly with angular clasts is:

an agglomerate

a)

b)/conglomerate

' d)

^diamictite
a breccia

9. Individual

crystals in a rock which are so small that they are not visible w-ithout
the aid of a microscope are described as having :
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a)/a phaneritic texture
u"aphanitic texture
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c) a PorPhYritic texture
d) a cryptocrystalline texture

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10.

A sandstone which

has 60oh quartz,30% feldspars and 10% rock fragments is

a) a quarlz arenjte
b) an orthoquartzite

arenite^ it4 7'

unarkosb arenite

c1/alithic

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a composition of 30% quarltz, 45% K8% biotite and2o/o hornblende is

(alkali
15o/oplagioclase,
feldspar),
{bldspar
classified as :

A coarse-grained igneous rock having

a) a basalt
b) ay'unite
c1

/diorrte

^granite

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12. Atthe highest grade of metamorphisni ol .r basalt parent rock, amphiboles are
replaced by pyroxenes and the rock uhich i: indistinctly lbliated is called :
a) an amphibolite
6XTu sranulite
u[.reiss
d) an eclogite

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spotted slate indicates that the rock is nretamorphosed thermally. The spots are:

incipient chlorite
jncipient
biotite
b)
incipient ch iastol ite

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d) incipient gamet
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141 A mineral which has a distinctive 'Berlin biue' interf-erence colour

trr---l shaped aggregates is:

a) biotite
b)

dementine

@ ciloite
d)

sillimanite

15. Crystals having a grain size beqleen 5mm and 3cm is described as:

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ar.,fine-srained E.lw - 6.v{ hp^

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,ourrr-grained
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d) *.di.,--g.uin.d o.?-f

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i. i,l': volcaiiic rocks tend to have more glass than basic volcanic rocks becausc.
i i , .imas in acidic rocks are poor in silica and alkalies and they tend to bc
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fl,rid
in acidic rocks are poor in silica and they tend to be more viscous
Ltgmns in aciclic rocks are rich in silica and alkalies and they tend to be Ittorc
rre

r. rgnras

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.,t; inagmas in acidic rocks are ricli in silica and alkalies

lluid

and they tend to be

tlorc

{.,1-.. 7. When nllmerous grains of various minerals in random orientation

are completell'
it has a:
composit:ion.
different
crystals
of
continuons
ery;losed lvith large optically
@l) poikilitic texttrre c
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graphic lexttrre '4A2
c) myrmekitic texture//
d) spherulitic textttre r^!."1 ^6r<71<

. \9 S. A ruclite that is composed

of poorly sorted, mnd to gravel-sized secliment,

commonly with angular clasts is:

a) an agglomerate
b1

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v{conglomerate
udiarnictite

'd)

a breccia

9.

Individual cr.vstals in a rock i,vhich are so small that they are not visible r.vithout
the aid of a microscope are described as having :
a) /a phanerit ic texture
@ u" aphanitic texturc
7 c) a porphyritic textttre
d) a cryptocrystalline texture

10.

A sandstone which has 60% quartz,3O% feldspars and 10% rock fragments is

a) a quaflz arenile
b) an orthoquartzite

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Qva,lt
C]2lalithiC areniten
,@ o"arkose arenite

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a composition of 30% quatlz,45ohKfeldspar (alkali feldspar), 15% plagioclase, 8% biotite andZYo homblende is
classified as :
a) a basalt
b) ay'unite
c) ,zi diorite
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a grrnlte

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12.

At. the highest grade of metamorphisnr ot'.r besalt parent rock, amphiboles are
replaced by pyroxenes and the rock uhich is indistinctly loiiated is called :
a) an amphibolite

W^granulite
c) a gnelss

d)

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an eclogite

A spotted slate indicates that the rock is rretanrorphosed thermally. The spots

a) incipient chlorite
b) incipient biotite
ch ia

sto

t @rncipienr
d) incipienl gamet

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( tai A mineral which has a distinctive 'Berlin blue' interference colour and fan\--l shaped aggregates is:
a) biotite
b),{ementine

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d) "r,iorit_
sillimanite
15. Crystals having a grain size bettryeen 5mm and 3cm is described as:

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a).,fine-srained 3'tl,r - ,t'*

,ourJr-grained (,)'t * |
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d) medium-grained a.?-t -

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