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The average density of basalt is 2.9 g/cm 3, compared, for example, to granite’s typical density of 2.7 g/cm 3. [16] The viscosity of basaltic magma is relatively low—around 10 4 to 10 5 cP—similar to the viscosity of ketchup, but that is still several orders of magnitude higher than the viscosity of water, which is about 1 cP). [17]
120–290 psi Pressure used in boilers of steam locomotives [citation needed] 1.1 MPa 162 psi Pressure of an average human bite [citation needed] 2.8–8.3 MPa 400–1,200 psi Pressure of carbon dioxide propellant in a paintball gun [64] 5 MPa 700 psi Water pressure of the output of a coin-operated car wash spray nozzle [58] 5 MPa 700 psi
Blueschist on Île de Groix, France Photomicrograph of a thin section of blueschist facies metamorphosed basalt, from Sivrihisar, Turkey. Blueschist (/ ˈ b l uː ʃ ɪ s t /), also called glaucophane schist, is a metavolcanic rock [1] that forms by the metamorphism of basalt and rocks with similar composition at high pressures and low temperatures (200–500 °C (392–932 °F ...
Similarly, the range of chemical composition allows chlorite group minerals to exist over a wide range of temperature and pressure conditions. For this reason chlorite minerals are ubiquitous minerals within low and medium temperature metamorphic rocks, some igneous rocks, hydrothermal rocks and deeply buried sediments.
The melting temperature of dry granite at ambient pressure is 1215–1260 °C (2219–2300 °F); [13] it is strongly reduced in the presence of water, down to 650 °C at a few hundred megapascals of pressure. [14] Granite has poor primary permeability overall, but strong secondary permeability through cracks and fractures if they are present.
40 psi 0.965 60 psi 1.04 80 psi 1.10 100 psi 1.18 120 psi 1.24 128 psi 1.26 120 psi 1.26 100 psi 1.22 80 psi 1.18 60 psi 1.14 40 psi 1.10 20 psi 0.984 0 psi 0.630 Taylor III 30 silicon steel foils each of thickness 0.0172 inches (0.4368 mm); density 7.79 g cm −3; measured near a temperature of 358.2 K under pressure in the range 0 — 125 psi:
This granite, from the Swiss side of the Mont Blanc massif, has large white phenocrysts of plagioclase (that have trapezoid shapes when cut through). 1 euro coin ( diameter 2.3 cm) for scale. A phenocryst is an early forming, relatively large and usually conspicuous crystal distinctly larger than the grains of the rock groundmass of an igneous ...
The minerals present in a granulite will vary depending on the parent rock of the granulite and the temperature and pressure conditions experienced during metamorphism. A common type of granulite found in high-grade metamorphic rocks of the continents contains pyroxene , plagioclase feldspar and accessory garnet , oxides and possibly amphiboles .