Thin section of ignimbrite of pantelleritic composition from Pantelleria, Italy
Pantellerite is a type of volcanic rock, specifically a peralkaline rhyolite. It has a higher iron and lower aluminium composition than comendite.[1] It is named after Pantelleria, a volcanic island in the Strait of Sicily and the type location for this rock. On Pantelleria the rock is usually found as a vitrophyre containing phenocrysts of anorthoclase or sanidine. Quartz is found only in the most strongly peralkaline rocks. Mafic minerals may include aegirine, fayalite, aenigmatite, ilmenite, and sodic amphibole (often arfvedsonite or ferrorichterite).[2]
^Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms: Pantellerite Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
^White, J.C., Ren, M., and Parker, D.F., 2005, "Variation in mineralogy, temperature, and oxygen fugacity in a suite of strongly peralkaline lavas and tuffs, Pantelleria, Italy." The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 43, 1331-1347.
Pantellerite is a type of volcanic rock, specifically a peralkaline rhyolite. It has a higher iron and lower aluminium composition than comendite. It is...
volcanoes are all surmounted by rocks composed of trachyte, phonolite, pantellerite, or comendite. Their activity has been attributed either to the reactivation...
rhyolites (rhyolites unusually rich in alkali metals) include comendite and pantellerite. Peralkalinity has significant effects on lava flow morphology and mineralogy...
Comendite – Hard, peralkaline igneous rock, a type of light blue grey rhyolite Pantellerite – Peralkaline rhyolite type of volcanic rock Scoria – Dark vesicular...
to intermediate in composition (e.g., rhyolitic, dacitic, andesite, pantellerite, phonolite, trachyte), but basaltic and other compositions are known...
peralkaline conditions. Examples are the peralkaline rhyolites, comendite and pantellerite, with comendite being the more felsic (silica-rich) rock. Another example...
augite phenocrysts of tholeiites. Peralkaline rhyolites (comendite or pantellerite) may be generated by fractionation of alkali basalt magma. Alkaline magmas...
trachybasalt, benmoreite, tristanite, mugearite, trachyte, comendite and pantellerite were deposited by multiple eruptions of the MEVC; the latter eight are...
rocks found at Mount Moulton include pantellerite, phonolite and trachyte; phenocryst phases found in the pantellerite include aenigmatite, anorthoclase...
tonnes. The island is the type locality for peralkaline rhyolitic rocks, pantellerites. Pantelleria has a subtropical Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) characterized...
central volcanoes of the volcanic province consist largely of trachyte, pantellerite, and comendite lavas. These lava compositions were formed by fractionation...
longer timespan. Felsic peralkaline rocks such as trachyte, comendite and pantellerite form about 40% of the MEVC; they are the product of prolonged fractional...
Mount Berlin define a trachyte suite, which features both comendite and pantellerite. Phonolite is less common. Mafic rocks have been reported from flank...
than 20,000 years old. The oldest exposed sequence is the Ol Njorowa pantellerite formation of pyroclastic rocks, lava flows, and plugs. This is thought...
the bulk of the Ilgachuz Range, encompasses a series of comendite and pantellerite flows and domes that are interbedded with flows of alkali basalt and...
given an age of 6.38 ± 0.08 million years for Mount Noice obsidian and pantellerite. This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Noice"...
create the massive central volcanoes and largely consist of trachyte, pantellerite and comendite lavas. These felsic volcanics are understood to have been...
other hand had high potassium-sodium ratios. Benmoreite, nephelinites, pantellerites and kulaite are found here. Some of the magmatic differentiation may...
that has produced a variety of rock types, ranging from basalts to pantellerites. NNW-SSE-trending fissures cutting the volcano have fed basaltic lava...
trachytes, peralkaline trachytes, rhyolites and peralkaline rhyolites (e.g. pantellerites and comendites) form the overlying stratovolcano and domes. They comprise...
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