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Notes on brown hornblende and biotite from Shabō-zan, of the Dalton volcanoes, Taiwan, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Takeshi Ichimura*
Affiliation:
Taihoku Imperial University, Taiwan, Japan

Extract

The Dalton volcanoes include all the volcanic groups which rise up at the north-western end of Taiwan (Formosa). They are old extinct volcanoes underlain by highly disturbed Tertiary sediments. Among them Shichisei-zan is the highest and the most prominent, rising up to 1108.7 metres above sea-level. It is mostly made up of hornb]ende-andesite, hypersthene-hornblende-andesite, and agglomerates. On the western slope of this partly dissected volcano there is a very characteristic cone called Shabō-zan. Its elevation is 643 metres above sea-level, and it is mostly made up of hypersthenehornblende- andesite poured out through the thick accumulation of agglomerates. The andesite here has usually a grey colour, but often passes into a light reddish-brown variety, being sometimes associated with a noritic segregation mass. It is noteworthy that some of the andesites abundantly contain brown hornblende. This mineral also frequently appears, together with brown biotite, in the segregation mass.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1931

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