CGI Composition Category vocabulary

creator: Concept Definition Task Group of IUGS CGI Interoperability Working Group (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/tech_collaboration/interoperability_working_group.html)
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identifier: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifierscheme/cgi/201012/compositioncategory
title: CGI Composition Category vocabulary
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historyNote: 2009-12-07. SMR add collections for mineralogical and sedimentary petrographic categories, improve annotation and notes on vocabulary.
historyNote: 2010-02-08. SMR Clean up namespace declarations so concept URI's follow CGI URN scheme; concepts have URN, are not document fragments.
historyNote: 2010-02-11 Add narrower relationship links by adding skos:narrower link in Protege, defining skos:narrower as inverse of skos:broader, calculating with Pellet reasoner to add inferred axioms, and using 'file/Export inferred axioms as ontology' in Protege.
historyNote: 2009-07-14. Generate SKOS encoding of vocabulary from Excel spreadsheet.

-- Argillic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0001
Preferred label (en) Argillic
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of clay is present
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Arkosic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0002
Preferred label (en) Arkosic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes less than 75 percent quartz and the feldspar to lithic ratio is greater than 3 to 1. This corresponds to the arkose field of Folk (1968). For clastic rocks with little or no matrix and cement, rocks in this detrital mode composition category will also have quartz-feldspathic mineralogical composition.
Source (en) Folk1968
Relationships:
Broader Feldspathic detrital mode

-- Asphaltic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0003
Preferred label (en) Asphaltic
Definition (en) Material contains a significant amount of asphalt, which is “A dark brown to black viscous liquid or low-melting solid bitumen that consists almost entirely of carbon and hydrogen...[and] formed in oil-bearing rocks by the evaporation of volatiles...” (Jackson, 1997, p. 39).
Source (en) Jackson 1997
Relationships:
Broader Carbonaceous

-- Barium-bearing carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0004
Preferred label (en) Barium-bearing carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) CO3 is the predominant anion, and greater than 5 mole percent of cations are Ba.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate chemistry

-- Bioclastic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0005
Preferred label (en) Bioclastic
Definition (en) Carbonate sedimentary material contains significant broken skeletal material
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Calcareous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0006
Preferred label (en) Calcareous
Definition (en) Calcium carbonate minerals are present, carbonate minerals form less than 50 percent of rock, material contains sufficient CaCO3 to react forming bubbles when hydrochloric acid is applied.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate bearing

-- Calcareous monomeralic carbonate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0007
Preferred label (en) Calcareous monomeralic carbonate
Definition (en) Carbonate minerals form greater than 75 percent of rock, and calcium carbonate minerals forms greater than 75 percent of carbonate minerals.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Monomineralic carbonate

-- Calcium-rich carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0008
Preferred label (en) Calcium-rich carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) CO3 is the predominante anion, and the Ca is the most abundant (mole percent) cation.
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate chemistry

-- Calcsilicate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0009
Preferred label (en) Calcsilicate
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than or equal to 50 percent calcsilicate or carbonate minerals and carbonate minerals less than or equal to calcsilicate minerals in mineral mode.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Impure calcsilicate or carbonate

-- Calcsilicate-bearing --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0010
Preferred label (en) Calcsilicate-bearing
Definition (en) Calcsilicate minerals of any sort are present, but less than 50 percent of rock
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Carbonaceous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0011
Preferred label (en) Carbonaceous
Definition (en) Material containing significant carbon or hydrocarbon mineral phases, including graphite, coal, oil, gas, lignite, peat.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower Asphaltic

-- Carbonaceous chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0012
Preferred label (en) Carbonaceous chemistry
Definition (en) Containing greater than 5 percent reduced carbon in compounds that are typically the diagenetic products of dead organisms (e.g. coal, bitumen and petroleum). 5 percent value is chosen for consistency with SLTTs usage of term carbonaceous.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
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-- Carbonate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0013
Preferred label (en) Carbonate
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than 50 percent calcsilicate or carbonate minerals and carbonate minerals greater than calcsilicate minerals in mineral mode. Metacarbonate of NADMSC SLTTm (2004) terminology, adopted here for non-genetic use.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Impure calcsilicate or carbonate
Narrower Monomineralic carbonate

-- Carbonate bearing --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0014
Preferred label (en) Carbonate bearing
Definition (en) Carbonate minerals of any sort are present, but less than 50 percent of rock.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower Calcareous
Narrower Dolomitic

-- Carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0015
Preferred label (en) Carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) The carbonate (CO3) anion is the predominant anion (by mole percent) in chemical analysis. Sub-categories may be defined by dominant cation. Material in this chemical class overlaps with the monomineralic carbonate class, and probably overlaps with the Carbonate class in the mineralogical composition classification.
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower Barium-bearing carbonate chemistry
Narrower Calcium-rich carbonate chemistry
Narrower Iron-bearing carbonate chemistry
Narrower Magnesium-rich carbonate chemistry

-- Chloride chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0016
Preferred label (en) Chloride chemistry
Definition (en) Chloride is the most abundant (mole percent) anion
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Halide chemistry

-- Chloritic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0017
Preferred label (en) Chloritic
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of chlorite group minerals are present
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Composition not specified --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0018
Preferred label (en) Composition not specified
Definition (en) Composition not specified. Use in normative descriptions where any composition property is allowed.
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Dolomite monomineralic carbonate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0019
Preferred label (en) Dolomite monomineralic carbonate
Definition (en) Carbonate minerals form greater than 75 percent of rock, and dolomite forms greater than 75 percent of carbonate minerals.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Monomineralic carbonate

-- Dolomitic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0020
Preferred label (en) Dolomitic
Definition (en) Dolomite is present, carbonate minerals form less than 50 percent of rock.
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate bearing

-- Feldspathic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0021
Preferred label (en) Feldspathic
Definition (en) Sedimentary material contains significant feldspar mineral content
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Feldspathic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0022
Preferred label (en) Feldspathic detrital mode
Definition (en) General sandstone petrography term for a sandstone in which the ratio of feldspar to lithic fragments is greater than 1:1 and less than 75 percent quartz is present in the detrital mode. Subsumes lithic arkosic and arkosic sandstone petrographic composition classes. Usage of modifier feldspathic is consistent with petrographic subdivisions of Dott (1964) and Williams, Turner and Gilbert (1982)
Source (en) Dott1964; Folk1968
Relationships:
Narrower Arkosic detrital mode
Narrower Lithic arkosic detrital mode

-- Feldspathic lithic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0023
Preferred label (en) Feldspathic lithic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes less than 75 percent quartz and the feldspar to lithic ratio is between 1 to 1 and 1 to 3. This corresponds to the feldspathic litharenite field of Folk (1968). Rocks in this class are likely to be quartzo-feldspathic in terms of mineralogical composition terms in this vocablary, but because the mineralogical composition of the lithic fraction is not constrainged, this correlation is not necessary.
Source (en) Folk1968
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-- Ferromagnesian --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0024
Preferred label (en) Ferromagnesian
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than 40 percent dark ferromagnesian silicate minerals. Standard term defined by Bates and Jackson (1987) to mean 'containing iron and magnesium'. Subsumes mafic and ultramafic.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Narrower Mafic
Narrower Ultramafic

-- Ferruginous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0025
Preferred label (en) Ferruginous
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of non-silicate iron minerals (hematite, magnetite, siderite...) are present. Rocks containing abundant iron-rich silicate minerals would use the 'Ferromagnesian' terms.
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Fluoride chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0026
Preferred label (en) Fluoride chemistry
Definition (en) Fluorine is the most abundant (mole percent) anion
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Halide chemistry

-- Halide chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0027
Preferred label (en) Halide chemistry
Definition (en) One or more of halide group elements (F, Cl, Br, I) are most abundant (mole percent) anion
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower Chloride chemistry
Narrower Fluoride chemistry
Narrower Nitrate chemistry

-- High silica chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0028
Preferred label (en) High silica chemistry
Definition (en) Containing 65 percent or more SiO2 by weight. Syn acid.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Silicate chemistry

-- Impure calcsilicate or carbonate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0029
Preferred label (en) Impure calcsilicate or carbonate
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than 50 percent calcsilicate or carbonate minerals and relative proportion of calcsilicate and carbonate minerals is unknown or not specified.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Narrower Calcsilicate
Narrower Carbonate

-- Intermediate silica chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0030
Preferred label (en) Intermediate silica chemistry
Definition (en) Containing SiO2 in the range 52-65 percent, sometimes described as "intermediate" rocks.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Silicate chemistry

-- Intraclastic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0031
Preferred label (en) Intraclastic
Definition (en) Carbonate sedimentary material contains signficant intraclast content
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Iron-bearing carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0032
Preferred label (en) Iron-bearing carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) CO3 is the predominant anion, and iron is greater than 5 mole percent of the cations (includes Fe, Mg, Mn, Ba, Sr, Ca...).
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate chemistry
Narrower Iron-rich carbonate chemistry

-- Iron-rich carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0033
Preferred label (en) Iron-rich carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) CO3 is the predominant anion, and iron is the most abundant (mole percent) cation
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Iron-bearing carbonate chemistry

-- Lithic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0034
Preferred label (en) Lithic
Definition (en) Sedimentary material contains significant detrital rock fragments derived by erosion from older, pre-existing rock materials
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Lithic arkosic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0035
Preferred label (en) Lithic arkosic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes less than 75 percent quartz and the ratio of lithic fragments to feldspar is between 1:1 and 1:3. This corresponds to the lithic arkose field of Folk (1968); the 75 percent quartz boundary is chosen to be consistent with quartzsose composition as defined in the mineralogic compostion terms vocabulary. Because of the abundance of lithic fragments for which the mineralogic composition is not specified, and the presence of undiscernible matrix and cement that are not incuded in the detrital mode, corresondence with the mineralogical composition terms is very approximate.
Source (en) Folk1968
Relationships:
Broader Feldspathic detrital mode

-- Lithic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0036
Preferred label (en) Lithic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes less than 75 percent quartz and the lithic to feldspar ratio is greater than 3 to 1. This corresponds to the litharenite field of Folk (1968). Because the mineralogy of the lithic fragments is not constrained, the mineralogical composition is largely independent of the detrital mode composition for this class.
Source (en) Folk1968
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-- Lithic rich detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0037
Preferred label (en) Lithic rich detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that the ratio of lithic fragments to feldspar is greater than 1:1, and less than 75 percent quartz is present in the detrital mode. Because the mineralogy of the lithic fragments is not constrained, the mineralogical composition is largely independent of the detrital mode composition for this class.
Source (en) Dott1964; Folk1968
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-- Low silica chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0038
Preferred label (en) Low silica chemistry
Definition (en) Containing SiO2 in the range 44-52 percent. Syn basic.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Silicate chemistry

-- Mafic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0039
Preferred label (en) Mafic
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than or equal to 40 percent and less than 90 percent ferromagnesian silicate minerals.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Ferromagnesian

-- Magnesium-rich carbonate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0040
Preferred label (en) Magnesium-rich carbonate chemistry
Definition (en) CO3 is the predominant anion, and Mg is the most abundant (mole percent) cation.
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate chemistry

-- Metallic oxide bearing --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0041
Preferred label (en) Metallic oxide bearing
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amounts (greater than 5 percent by volume) of base metal oxide minerals such as magnetite (Fe3O4) or pyrolusite (MnO2) are present.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
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-- Metaluminous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0042
Preferred label (en) Metaluminous
Definition (en) Chemical composition term used for igneous rocks, denoting that content of aluminum oxide is greater than sodium oxide plus potassium oxide, but aluminum oxide less than sum of Na, K and Ca oxide.
Source (en) Shand 1947
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-- Micaceous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0043
Preferred label (en) Micaceous
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of mica group mineral are present
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Mono mineralic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0044
Preferred label (en) Mono mineralic
Definition (en) Greater than 75 percent of the material consists of a single mineral species.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
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-- Monomictic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0045
Preferred label (en) Monomictic
Definition (en) Grains or clasts are composed of a single rock or mineral type (Jackson, 1997)
Source (en) Jackson 1997
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-- Monomineralic carbonate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0046
Preferred label (en) Monomineralic carbonate
Definition (en) Rock in which carbonate minerals form greater than 75 percent of rock.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Carbonate
Narrower Calcareous monomeralic carbonate
Narrower Dolomite monomineralic carbonate

-- Nitrate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0047
Preferred label (en) Nitrate chemistry
Definition (en) Nitrate (NO3) is most abundant (mole percent) anion.
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Halide chemistry

-- Other composition --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0048
Preferred label (en) Other composition
Definition (en) Composition is known but doesn’t' fit in any other category
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Oxide --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0049
Preferred label (en) Oxide
Definition (en) Material predominantly composed of oxide minerals
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Pelitic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0050
Preferred label (en) Pelitic
Definition (en) Material for which the sum of modal quartz+feldspar+ mica + aluminous mineral is greater than or equal to 70 percent, and aluminous mineral + mica content is greater than or equal to 40 percent.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Quartz-feldspar-pelitic

-- Peralkaline --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0051
Preferred label (en) Peralkaline
Definition (en) Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is less than sum of K and Na oxide.
Source (en) Shand 1947
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-- Peraluminous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0052
Preferred label (en) Peraluminous
Definition (en) Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) greater than sum of Na, K and Ca oxide.
Source (en) Shand 1947
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-- Petroliferous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0053
Preferred label (en) Petroliferous
Definition (en) Crude oil or natural gas is present, generally in trace amounts, commonly detected by smell
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Phosphate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0054
Preferred label (en) Phosphate chemistry
Definition (en) Phosphate (PO4) is the most abundant (mole percent) anion.
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
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-- Phosphatic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0055
Preferred label (en) Phosphatic
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of phosphate minerals are present
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Polymictic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0056
Preferred label (en) Polymictic
Definition (en) Grains or clasts are composed of many mineral or rock types
Source (en) Jackson, 1997, p. 501
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-- Quartz-feldspar-pelitic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0057
Preferred label (en) Quartz-feldspar-pelitic
Definition (en) Material for which the sum of modal quartz+feldspar+ mica + aluminous mineral is greater than or equal to 70 percent.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Narrower Pelitic
Narrower Quartzo-feldspathic
Narrower Semi-pelitic

-- Quartzo-feldspathic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0058
Preferred label (en) Quartzo-feldspathic
Definition (en) Material for which the sum of modal quartz+feldspar+ mica + aluminous mineral is greater than or equal to 70 percent, and quartz + feldspar (sensu Robertson, 1999) greater than 60 percent.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Quartz-feldspar-pelitic
Narrower Quartzose

-- Quartzose --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0059
Preferred label (en) Quartzose
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than or equal to 75 percent quartz.
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Quartzo-feldspathic

-- Quartzose detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0060
Preferred label (en) Quartzose detrital mode
Definition (en) Detrital mineral grains in a granular rock consist of greater than 95 percent quartz. This petrographic criteria follows the most restrictive definition of the composition field at the quartz vertex of the sandstone QFL triangle (Folk, 1968). This use of term quartzose is more restrictive that that used in the mineralogical composition term vocabulary, reflecting the interpretive significance of pure quartz sandstones in sedimentary petrology.
Source (en) Folk1968; This vocabulary
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-- Semi-pelitic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0061
Preferred label (en) Semi-pelitic
Definition (en) Material for which the sum of modal quartz+feldspar+ mica + aluminous mineral is greater than or equal to 70 percent, and quartz+ feldspar less than 60 percent
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
Relationships:
Broader Quartz-feldspar-pelitic

-- Silicate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0062
Preferred label (en) Silicate chemistry
Definition (en) Composed of minerals whose crystal structure contains SiO4 tetrahedra, either isolated or joined through one or more oxygen atoms to form groups, chains, sheets or three-dimensional structures with metallic cations. Composition ranges from 20-100 percent SiO2. Typically some Al substitutues for silica. A survey of chemical analyses in the Georock database (query FOR ALL GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS, MATERIAL: WHOLE ROCK (AND VOLCANIC GLASS), PUB. YEARS: 2005-1970), 10/10/2005 state, http://georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg.de/georoc/Entry.html) discovered that the lowest silica (Si02) content for igneous rock is about 20 percent. This is consistent with the lowest silica content found for a silicate mineral is about 21 percent for a chlorite variety found by scanning the mineral analyses in Deer, Howie, and Zussman (1966).
Source (en) Neuendorf et al 2005; Struik 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower High silica chemistry
Narrower Intermediate silica chemistry
Narrower Low silica chemistry
Narrower Very low silica chemistry

-- Silicic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0063
Preferred label (en) Silicic
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of silica, amorphous, as quartz, or any of the silica polymorphs are present
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Sub feldspathic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0064
Preferred label (en) Sub feldspathic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes less than 50 percent lithic fragments, between 75 and 95 percent quartz (thus less than 25 percent feldspar). This corresponds to the subarkose field of Folk (1968); the 75 percent quartz boundary is consistent with the quartzsose composition as defined in the mineralogic compostion terms vocabulary, but if more than a few percent 'matrix' or cement is present, this is not necessarily equivalent to the mineralogical composition term.
Source (en) Folk1968
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-- Sub lithic detrital mode --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0065
Preferred label (en) Sub lithic detrital mode
Definition (en) Sandstone petrographic composition term indicating that detrital mode for clastic rock (Q-F-L) includes more than 50 percent lithic fragments, between 75 and 95 percent quartz (thus less than 25 percent feldspar). This corresponds to the sublitharenite field of Folk (1968); the 75 percent quartz boundary is consistent with quartzsose composition as defined in the mineralogic compostion terms vocabulary.
Source (en) Folk1968
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-- Subaluminous --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0066
Preferred label (en) Subaluminous
Definition (en) Aluminum oxide within 10 percent of sum of Na and K oxide.
Source (en) Shand 1947
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-- Sulfate --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0067
Preferred label (en) Sulfate
Definition (en) Material predominantly composed of sulfate minerals
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- Sulfate chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0068
Preferred label (en) Sulfate chemistry
Definition (en) Sulfate is the most abundant anion
Source (en) Struik etal 2002; This vocabulary
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-- Sulfide --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0069
Preferred label (en) Sulfide
Definition (en) Material predominantly composed of sulfide minerals
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Sulfide bearing

-- Sulfide bearing --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0070
Preferred label (en) Sulfide bearing
Definition (en) Greater than accessory amount (greater than 5 percent by volume) of sulfide mineral are present
Source (en) This vocabulary
Relationships:
Narrower Sulfide

-- Sulfide chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0071
Preferred label (en) Sulfide chemistry
Definition (en) Sulfur is the most abundant anion; cations are metals or semimetals.
Source (en) Neuendorf et al 2005; Struik 2002; This vocabulary
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Narrower Sulfosalt chemistry

-- Sulfosalt chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0072
Preferred label (en) Sulfosalt chemistry
Definition (en) Sulfide in which a semimetal (As, Sb, Bi) is present in a cation role
Source (en) Neuendorf et al 2005; Struik 2002; This vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader Sulfide chemistry

-- Ultramafic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0073
Preferred label (en) Ultramafic
Definition (en) Material consists of greater than 90 percent ferromagnesian silicate minerals..
Source (en) NADM SLTTm 2004
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Broader Ferromagnesian

-- Very low silica chemistry --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0074
Preferred label (en) Very low silica chemistry
Definition (en) Containing between about 20 and 44 percent SiO2. A survey of chemical analyses in the Georock database (query FOR ALL GEOLOGICAL SETTINGS, MATERIAL: WHOLE ROCK (AND VOLCANIC GLASS), PUB. YEARS: 2005-1970), 10/10/2005 state, http://georoc.mpch-mainz.gwdg. syn ultrabasic.
Source (en) Struik2002; SLTTs2004; This vocabulary
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Broader Silicate chemistry

-- Volcanic lithic --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/compositioncategory/0075
Preferred label (en) Volcanic lithic
Definition (en) Sedimentary material contains significant broken volcanic rock fragments or vitric fragments, irrespective of their pyroclastic or epiclastic origin.
Source (en) This vocabulary
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-- CompositionCategory --

URI
Preferred label (en) CompositionCategory
Definition (en) This file contains the 201012 version of CGI Composition Category vocabulary. Includes terms for chemical, sedimentary petrographic, and mineralogical composition spaces, which are grouped into skos:collections.
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History note (en) 2010-11-27 SMR replace URN with http URI according to CGI URI scheme; update version number to 201012