Matter
Name
gabbronoritic glass
Family
solid
Parent matter
Gabbronorite
Origins
laboratory
Provider
Volcanologist Laboratory at RomaTre University
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Shape
compact
Texture
compact glassy
Type of porosity
without pores
Density
2.736 $\pm$ 0.001 $g.cm^{-3}$
Grain density
2.736 $\pm$ 0.001 $g.cm^{-3}$
Oxides
Formula $SiO_{2}$ $TiO_{2}$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $Fe_{2}O_{3}$ $MnO$ $MgO$ $CaO$ $Na_{2}O$ $K_{2}O$ $P_{2}O_{5}$
Mass fraction (%) 49.53 0.14 20.72 4.46 0.09 7.61 15.32 1.46 0.12 0.01
Oxides comments
Fe2O3 is total iron amount; L.O.I. 0.26%
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
glass with gabbronoritic composition 1.0
Title
glass preparation

Precursors

Matters

Produced matter

Matter
gabbronoritic glass (this matter)
Processing steps
Step Date Type Process Changes
#1 2010-04-01 mechanical Sample has been crushed at mm scale
#2 2010-06-01 thermal Sample has been melted at high temperature furnace (Nabertherm HT17/16) at 1500 C for an hour.The furnace operates at oxidizing terrestrial conditions.
#3 2010-06-01 thermal Sample has been quenched in air.
Comments
Glassy samples were produced at Volcanologist Laboratory with the help of Dr. A. Vona (RomaTre University)