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Forsterite from
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1306330
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1306330:0
GUID (UUID V4):1814486b-47d1-4226-a22f-87afab5e3370
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
37.6km (23.4 miles) Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
85.4km (53.1 miles) Black Sand Beach, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
opened in 1974. The Lyman House Memorial Museum HILO, HAWAII J O E L A. BARTSCH P . O . Box 1192 Mariposa...missionaries. Shortly after settling in Hilo on the island of Hawaii, this 386 ROCKS & MINERALS New England...his wife established a mission house not far from Hilo Bay. The Lymans were intrigued by their new homeland...specimens from around the world. Volcanic rocks of Hawaii are well represented, of course, as are the many...represents a series between fayalite and forsterite. Specimens from Hawaii are usually small and too heavily
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. Abstract Olivine in Hawaiian tholeiitic...tholeiitic lavas have high NiO at given forsterite (Fo) contents (e.g., 0.25–0.60 wt% at Fo88) compared...from mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) at a given forsterite content (Fig. 1). This enrichment is a feature...AL: NICKEL VARIABILITY IN OLIVINE Figure 1. Forsterite (%) vs. NiO (wt%) for olivine from Ko‘olau, Mauna...Material1. a FeO reported as total iron; b Fo (forsterite) = [Mg/(Mg+Fe)×100]; c Mauna Ulu; d 1971A-2 from
Report (issue)
The Geology and Petrology of Mauna Kea "\foleano, Hawaii— A Study of PostsMeld Volcanism *r ' ' ' "... The Geology and Petrology of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii— A Study of Postshield Volcanism By Edward W. Wolfe...The geology and petrology of Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii: A study of postshield volcanism / by Edward W...no.: I 19.16:1557 1. Geology-Hawaii—Mauna Kea. 2. Rocks, Igneous-Hawaii—Mauna Kea. I. Wise, William S...Kea Volcano, Hawaii Geologic map of the south flank and summit of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii Map of Mauna
Report (issue)
references. ISBN 0-87590-987-6 1. Volcanoes--Hawaii. 2. Volcanism--Hawaii. I. Takahashi, E. (Eiichi), 1951-. II...Section 1 Progress in Deep Underwater Geology Around Hawaii Introduction to Section 1 TPO INARA | & iore ...Multibeam Sonar Surveys Along the Southeastern Hawaii Ridge: Guide to the CD-ROM John R. Smith, Kenji...Kohala and Mauna Kea Volcanoes and the Hana Ridge, Hawaii John R. Smith, Kenji Satake, Julia K. Morgan, and...Volcaniclastic Sedimentation Around the Southern Flank of Hawaii Jiro Naka, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Peter W. Lipman,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL MAY-JUNE, 1911 MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION IN HAWAII REGINALD A. DALY MassachusettsInstitute of Technology...alkalies, to the phonolitic trachyte of western Hawaii, with 62 per cent of silica and more than 13 per...showingpositionsof someof the datedlava flowsin Hawaii; also original localities of specimenschemically...thoughnot altogether, MAGMATICDIFFERENTIATIONIN HAWAII 2911 a matter of pure differentiation. An inspection...as to the probableorigin of the rock species in Hawaii. A brief statement of the reasoningon which this
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
eventually assumed by what had become the Territory of Hawaii. In 1919, the Territory requested a comprehensive...years, Stearns published 12 comprehensive reports (Hawaii Division of Hydrography Bulletins) covering the...cooperative effort of HVO, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and founded...with authority that “the two active craters of Hawaii [Kīlauea and Mauna Loa] should share equally with...book is not intended to supersede “Volcanism in Hawaii”—the magnificent 62-chapter dual-volume USGS Professional
Report (issue)
1678 Mauna Kea 1000 Waimea Hualālai 300 4206 Hilo 20 0 00 20° 2515 Kīlauea 300 4169 0 Kailua...concentrations decrease as MgO 155°15' 155°00' Mauna Kea Hilo Mauna Loa 19°30' east North Mauna Loa summit...except as noted (incl.); mol % Fo, molar percent forsterite; wt %, weight percent; ---, no data; vorb, vertical...except as noted (incl.); mol % Fo, molar percent forsterite; wt %, weight percent; ---, no data; vorb, vertical...degrees Celsius Figure 17. Graph showing average forsterite content (Fo) of in situ olivine versus temperature
Report (issue)
Preliminary Studies of Air-Land Interaction on Mauna Kea, Hawaii By ALFRED H. WOODCOCK and IRVING FRIEDMAN Porosity...Porosity and Density of Kilauea Volcano Basalts, Hawaii By GORDON R. JOHNSON Diabase Dikes in the Haile-Brewer...preliminary studies of air-land interaction on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, by Alfred H. Woodcock and Irving Friedman. (B)...Porosity and density of Kilaeua Volcano Basalts, Hawaii, by Gordon R. Johnson. (C) Diabase dikes in the...Preliminary Studies of Air-Land Interaction on Mauna Kea, Hawaii By ALFRED H. WOODCOCK and IRVING FRIEDMAX SHORTER
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lava-lake blocks erupted at Mauna Loa volcano summit, Hawaii Renee' L. McCarter a,1 , R.V. Fodor a,⁎, Frank...NC 27695, USA b US Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaii, HI 96718, USA Received 28... Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA. 0024-4937/$ - see front matter © 2006 Elsevier B...of five shield volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii (Fig. 1). It is in its shield-building stage, with...Moku'aweoweo summit caldera, Mauna Loa volcano, Hawaii (base map: US Geological Survey Mauna Loa topographic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(fayalite) to the magnesium end member Mg2SiO4 (forsterite). Accordingly, the atomic ratio Mg/[MgFe(II)]...atomic ratio of 0.80 would be reported as Fo80 or forsterite 80). Typical values for olivine in basalt magmas...were: (1) a deep subsurface basaltic lava from Hawaii (R4012.85), (2) a surface-weathered dunite (a rock...Hawaiian subsurface at 19°43.0N, 155°3.3W near Hilo, HI by the Hawaiian Scientific Drilling Program...singly polished thin sections of R401-2.85 (from Hawaii) were prepared with the low-fluorescence resin
Report (issue)
of a volcanologist. Richard Moore has worked in Hawaii studying active lava flow events and now brings...examine these flows in light of recent findings in Hawaii. Building on the critical foundations that Joseph...Mesa, and Zuni—Bandera volcanic fields, Cibola County, New Mexico: New Mexico Geology, v. 15, no. 4,...Nichols, R. L. 1946, McCartys basalt flow, Valencia County, New Mexico: Geological Society of America, Bulletin...a basalt sample, collected on the west side of County Road 42, west of rized here is in excellent agreement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DALLAS, PO BOX 830688, RICHARDSON, TX 75083-0688, USA BAYERISCHES GEOINSTITUT, UNIVERSITA«T BAYREUTH, D-95447...pressure^temperature conditions for melt extraction at Hawaii and mid-ocean ridges (including Iceland), and to...pressure^temperature conditions of tholeiitic melt extraction at Hawaii (4^5 GPa, 1450^15008C) and the global oceanic...melting indicated by seismic shear-wave data. At Hawaii, magmas escape to the surface along a fracture...absence of olivine-controlled crystallization. Hawaii is not a hot plume. Instead, it shows magmas characteristic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA e-mail: ems@gps.caltech.edu reflect external forcings...Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA Forsteritic olivines are common as phenocrysts in...(i.e., olivine is largely a solid solution of forsterite and fayalite, usually with only minor amounts...studied from basalts (Mauna Kea and Koolau volcanoes, Hawaii; Réunion island; Siqueiros fracture zone), andesites...Kea, Hawaii Submarine tholeiitic basalt Phenocryst 1 SR756-14.10 PTS C1-b Mauna Kea, Hawaii Submarine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Park, CA 94720 USA *Department of Geology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA (Received August...unweathered 1987- 1990 flows from the Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, exhibited variable enrichment in Al, Mg, Ca, and...East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii (Fig. I ). These flows, which commenced in January...40 50 KILOMETERS FIG. 1. Map of the Island of Hawaii with insert showing details of the Kilauea Volcano...fresh and weathered basalt flows in Hawaii and Iceland.’ Hawaii 1987’ 0 Si Al Fe Mg Ca 59.5 18.1 6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eruption. The V3 km deep HSDP-2 Mauna Kea drillcore on Hawaii provides a unique opportunity to examine the effects...fugacity; chlorine; ocean island basalts; MORB; Hawaii 1. Introduction The 187 Re^187 Os isotopic system...emplacement depth in the HSDP-2 drillcore. The island of Hawaii is gradually subsiding under its own weight at...rate of 2.5^2.6 mm/yr estimated for the island of Hawaii for the past 500 000 yr based on ages of drowned...olivine composition, increasing with decreasing forsterite content. However, if Re were lost from these
 
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