The flows from Kibo include nepheline and leucite basanite lavas rich in soda felspars. |
They usually consist of a very thin opal slice sandwiched between a glass or quartz top and a potch, basanite, jade, or black onyx bottom. |
Or is he a kind of basanite for bunches, and do they come out on us at the sight of him? |
This glass is compositionally similar to groundmass glass in the host basanite. |
The composition studied has very low albite and is classified as transitional between olivine nephelinite and nepheline-rich basanite. |
Small basanite intrusions in the Batain area of NE Oman have been noted by a number of workers. |