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Basalt Tetrahedron
	<img alt="Basalt Tetrahedron" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Basalt_Tetrahedron.png/300px-Basalt_Tetrahedron.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="286" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1273" data-file-height="1214"> Basalt Tetrahedron
General
Composition	Quartz, Feldspar (Plagioclase and Alkali Feldspar), Mica
Basalt Tetrahedron Nomenclature
Quartz Tholeiite	SiO2 oversaturated basalt
Tholeiite	SiO2 saturated basalt
Olivine Tholeiite	SiO2 undersaturated.
Olivine Basalt	SiO2 undersaturated
Alkali Basalt	SiO2 undersaturated
Occurences
Tholeiite	Pillow Lavas (Basaltic part of the oceanic lithosphere), Flood Basalts, In context with subduction zones
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--Tobias1984 (talk) 10:29, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

General
Basalt Tetrahedron
Composition	Quartz, Feldspar (Plagioclase and Alkali Feldspar), Mica
Basalt Tetrahedron Nomenclature
Quartz Tholeiite	SiO₂ oversaturated basalt
Tholeiite	SiO₂ saturated basalt
Olivine Tholeiite	SiO₂ undersaturated.
Olivine Basalt	SiO₂ undersaturated
Alkali Basalt	SiO₂ undersaturated
Occurences
Tholeiite	Pillow Lavas (Basaltic part of the oceanic lithosphere), Flood Basalts, In context with subduction zones
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