BATUAN ULTRAMAFIK DAN KETERDAPATAN LATERIT NIKEL DI PULAU PAKAL, KABUPATEN HALMAHERA TIMUR, PROPINSI MALUKU UTARA.

DAFTAR ISI

SARI ..............................................................................................................

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ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................

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KATA PENGANTAR ..................................................................................

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DAFTAR ISI .................................................................................................

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DAFTAR GAMBAR ....................................................................................

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DAFTAR TABEL ......................................................................................... xvii
DAFTAR LAMPIRAN ................................................................................ xviii

BAB I PENDAHULUAN .............................................................................
1.1

Latar Belakang ..........................................................................

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1.2

Identifikasi Masalah ..................................................................

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1.3

Batasan Masalah .......................................................................


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1.4

Maksud dan Tujuan Penelitian .................................................

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1.5

Waktu dan Lokasi Daerah Penelitian .......................................

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1.6

Manfaat Penelitian ...................................................................

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BAB II TINJAUAN PUSTAKA ..................................................................
2.1

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Fisiografi Regional ...............................................................

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2.1.1 Mandala Halmahera Timur ...................................................

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2.1.2 Mandala Halmahera Barat ....................................................

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2.1.3 Busur Kepulauan Gunungapi Kuarter ..................................


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2.2

Stratigrafi Regional ..............................................................

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2.3

Tektonik dan Struktur Geologi Regional .............................

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2.4


Teori Dasar ..........................................................................

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2.4.1 Batuan ultrabasa dan batuan ultramafik ..............................

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2.4.2 Batuan ultramafik ................................................................

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2.4.3 Kondisi pembentukan batuan di kerak bumi .......................

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2.4.4 Ofiolit ...................................................................................

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2.4.5 Laterit nikel ..........................................................................

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2.5

Distribusi Laterit Nikel di Pulau Pakal ................................

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BAB III METODE PENELITIAN ............................................................

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3.1

Objek Penelitian ..................................................................

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3.2

Alat-Alat yang Digunakan ..................................................

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3.2.1 Peralatan lapangan ..............................................................

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3.2.2 Peralatan laboratorium ........................................................

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3.3

Tahap Persiapan ..................................................................

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3.4

Tahap Penyelidikan Lapangan .............................................

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3.4.1 Metode grab sampling lokasi MBT ....................................

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3.4.2 Pengumpulan data logging bor Pakal rechecking ................

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3.4.3 Metode selective sampling ..................................................

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3.5


Tahap Penelitian Laboratorium ...........................................

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3.5.1 Analisis petrografi ...............................................................

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3.5.2 Analisis mineragrafi ............................................................

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3.5.3 Analisis mineralogi butir .....................................................

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3.5.4 Analisis X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) ......................................

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3.6

Analisis Data .......................................................................

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3.6.1 Analisis data stratigrafi dan struktur geologi ......................

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3.7

Tahap Interpretasi Data .......................................................

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3.8

Tahap Penyusunan Laporan ................................................

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BAB IV HASIL PENELITIAN ..................................................................

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4.1

Geologi Pulau Pakal .......................................................

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4.1.1

Dunit ................................................................................

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4.1.2

Harzburgit ........................................................................

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4.1.3

Aluvium ...........................................................................

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4.2

Karakteristik Batuan Ultramafik ....................................

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4.2.1

Dunit ...............................................................................

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4.2.1.1

Distribusi batuan dan kenampakan lapangan ..................

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4.2.1.2

Deskripsi mikroskopik .....................................................

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4.2.1.3

Identifikasi mineralogi butir ...........................................

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4.2.1.4

Analisis XRD ..................................................................

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4.2.1.5

Analisis kimia ..................................................................

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4.2.1.6

Interpretasi paragenesa batuan ........................................

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4.2.2

Harzburgit .......................................................................

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4.2.2.1

Distribusi batuan dan kenampakan lapangan ..................

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4.2.2.2

Deskripsi mikroskopik .....................................................

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4.2.2.3

Analisis XRD ..................................................................

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4.2.2.4

Analisis kimia ..................................................................

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4.2.2.5

Interpretasi paragenesa batuan ........................................

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4.2.3

Serpentinit ......................................................................

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4.2.3.1

Distribusi batuan dan kenampakan lapangan .................

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4.2.3.2

Deskripsi mikroskopik .....................................................

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4.2.3.3

Analisis XRD ..................................................................

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4.2.3.4

Interpretasi paragenesa batuan ........................................

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4.2.4

Olivin gabro ....................................................................

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4.2.4.1

Distribusi batuan dan kenampakan lapangan .................

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4.2.4.2

Deskripsi mikroskopik .....................................................

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4.2.4.3

Analisis XRD ...................................................................

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4.2.3.4

Interpretasi paragenesa batuan ........................................

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4.3

Laterit Nikel Pulau Pakal .................................................

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4.3.1

Karakteristik laterit nikel ................................................

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4.3.1.1

Overburden .....................................................................

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4.3.1.2

Limonit .........................................................................

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4.3.1.3

Saprolit .........................................................................

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4.3.1.4

Bedrock .........................................................................

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4.3.2

Karakteristik precursor laterit nikel ..............................

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4.3.3

Keterdapatan laterit nikel ..............................................

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BAB V KESIMPULAN .............................................................................

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DAFTAR PUSTAKA .................................................................................

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LAMPIRAN

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DAFTAR GAMBAR

Gambar 1.1

Distribusi Endapan Bijih Laterit Nikel Indonesia
(PT. INCO dalam Ahmad, 2006) ..........................................

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Gambar 1.2

Lokasi Daerah Penelitian ........................................................

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Gambar 2.1

Fisiografi Pulau Halmahera (Apandi dan Sudana, 1980) .......

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Gambar 2.2

Peta Geologi Regional Daerah Sangaji-MoronopoTanjung Buli dan Pulau Pakal (Modifikasi sebagian
lembar peta Geologi Regional Ternate, Maluku Utara,
Apandi dan Sudana, 1980) .....................................................

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Gambar 2.3

Distribusi Ofiolit di Seluruh Dunia (Kadarusman, 2001) ......

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Gambar 2.4

Distribusi Ofiolit di Asia Tenggara (Kadarusman, 2001) .......

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Gambar 2.5

Peta Tektonik Regional Halmahera (lihat pada bagian A);
bagian B merupakan penampang geologi molucca sea
plate yang menunjukkan adanya double arc system/
molucca sea collision zone; bagian C merupakan profil
pada lengan bagian selatan Halmahera (Hamilton, 1979) ...... 13

Gambar 2.6

Diagram fasa olivin tholeitik, mengacu pada kondisi
tekanan dan temperatur (modifikasi setelah Green
dan Ringwood dalam Jacob, 2004) ........................................

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Gambar 2.7

Diagram gradien panas di kerak bumi (Ahmad, 2006) ..........

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Gambar 2.8

Skema Penampang Subduksi-Obduksi Ofiolit
(Coleman, 1981) ....................................................................

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Kolom kesebandingan a) ofiolit tipe Harzburgit dan
b) ofiolit tipe Lerzolit (Boudier dan Nicolas, 1989) .............

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Gambar 2.10 Profil laterit nikel (Ahmad, 2005) ..........................................

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Gambar 2.11 Variasi profil laterit disebabkan oleh iklim dan
topografi (PT. INCO dalam Ahmad, 2006) ...........................

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Gambar 2.12 Distribusi laterit nikel di Pulau Pakal (Tim
eksporasi antam unit geomin Buli, 2011) ..............................

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Gambar 2.9

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Gambar 3.1

Peta lokasi Mining Block Test (MBT) ....................................

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Gambar 3.2

Diagram Klasifikasi untuk Variasi Batuan Mafik
dan Ultramafik (Streckeisen, 1974) .......................................

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Mikroskop Polarisator Tipe Olympus DP12
untuk analisis petrografi dan mineragrafi milik
PT. ANTAM.Tbk Unit Geomin .............................................

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Mikroskop Stereobinokuler Tipe Nikon SMZ800
milik PT. ANTAM.Tbk Unit Geomin ....................................

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Difraktometer Tipe Bruker D8 Advance milik
PT. ANTAM.Tbk Unit Geomin .............................................

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Gambar 3.6

Ilustrasi makna rezim tekanan (Delvaux et al., 1997) ............

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Gambar 3.7

Bagan Alir Penelitian .............................................................

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Gambar 4.1

Lokasi pengambilan conto batuan ultramafik ........................

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Gambar 4.2

Analisis data kekar dan diagram rosette
di Pulau Pakal .........................................................................

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Gambar 4.3

Peta Geomorfologi Pulau Pakal ..............................................

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Gambar 4.4

Peta Geologi Struktur Pulau Pakal .........................................

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Gambar 4.5

Peta Geologi Pulau Pakal .......................................................

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Gambar 4.6

Singkapan dunit di lapangan ..................................................

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Gambar 4.7

Foto mineralogi butir tiga conto soil di lokasi MBT .............

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Gambar 4.8

Lokasi titik bor pada peta Mining Block Test
(MBT) hasil pengukuran lapangan ........................................

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Profil analisis kimia titik bor DH/PKL-7
pada bedrock dunit .................................................................

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Gambar 3.3

Gambar 3.4

Gambar 3.5

Gambar 4.9

Gambar 4.10 Diagram pembentukan dunit .................................................

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Gambar 4.11 Fotomikro sayatan tipis dan sayatan poles dunit ...................

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Gambar 4.12 Singkapan harzburgit di lapangan .........................................

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Gambar 4.13 Peta lokasi titik bor Pakal rechecking ...................................

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Gambar 4.14 Profil analisis kimia titik bor DH/PKL-10
pada bedrock harzburgit ........................................................

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Gambar 4.15 Diagram pembentukan harzburgit .........................................

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Gambar 4.16 Fotomikro sayatan tipis dan sayatan poles harzburgit ..........

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Gambar 4.17 Singkapan serpentinit di lapangan .........................................

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Gambar 4.18 Diagram pembentukan serpentinit berdasarkan
diagram gradien panas kerak bumi (Ahmad, 2006) ..............

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Gambar 4.19 Fotomikro sayatan tipis dan sayatan poles serpentinit ..........

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Gambar 4.20 Singkapan olivin gabro pada PT-12A di lapangan ................

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Gambar 4.21 Diagram pembentukan olivin gabro ......................................

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Gambar 4.22 Fotomikro sayatan tipis dan sayatan poles
sampel PT-12A ......................................................................

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Gambar 4.23 Kolom kesebandingan a) ofiolit tipe Harzburgit dan
b) ofiolit tipe Lerzolit (Boudier dan Nicolas, 1989),
litologi batuan ultramafik di Pulau Pakal terletak di
bagian bawah seri ofiolit tipe Harzburgit ...............................

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Gambar 4.24 Kenampakan lapangan lokasi MBT .......................................

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Gambar 4.25 Kenampakan lapangan dinding laterit nikel di
sebelah barat lokasi MBT ......................................................

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Gambar 4.26 Kenampakan lapangan mineral garnierit
dan krisopras ..........................................................................

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Gambar 4.27 Kenampakan lapangan bedrock di sekitar lokasi MBT .........

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Gambar 4.28 Interpretasi profil analisis kimia laterit nikel dari
precursor yang berbeda ......................................................... 104

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DAFTAR TABEL

Tabel 2.1

Kolom stratigrafi regional Halmahera bagian
Timur (Hall et al., 1991) .......................................................

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Tabel 2.2

Batuan ultramafik dan ultrabasa (Ahmad, 2006) ..................

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Tabel 2.3

Kandungan nikel pada mineral olivin, piroksen,
dan kromit (Ahmad, 2006) ....................................................

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Perbandingan antara tipe ofiolit harzburgit dan
tipe ofiolit lerzolit (Nicolas, 1989) ........................................

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Mineral-mineral yang berasosiasi dengan laterit
nikel dan batuan ultramafik (Ahmad, 2006) ..........................

34

Daftar pengukuran dan jumlah individu kekar
tiap stasiun .............................................................................

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Daftar contoh batuan di Pulau Pakal yang
digunakan untuk studi ...........................................................

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Jumlah conto batuan berdasarkan jenis
batuan ultramafik ...................................................................

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Tabel 4.4

Persentase komposisi mineral dunit dari conto batuan ..........

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Tabel 4.5

Derajat serpentinisasi dunit ....................................................

64

Tabel 4.6

Daftar hasil analisis mineralogi butir semi
kuantitatif berdasarkan fraksi .................................................

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Persentase kandungan mineral pada dunit hasil
analisis XRD ..........................................................................

70

Tabel 4.8

Diagram interpretasi paragenesa dunit ...................................

73

Tabel 4.9

Persentase komposisi mineral harzburgit dari
conto batuan ...........................................................................

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Tabel 4.10

Derajat serpentinisasi harzburgit ............................................

78

Tabel 4.11

Persentase kandungan mineral pada harzburgit
hasil analisis XRD ..................................................................

81

Tabel 2.4

Tabel 2.5

Tabel 4.1

Tabel 4.2

Tabel 4.3

Tabel 4.7

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Tabel 4.12

Diagram interpretasi paragenesa harzburgit ...........................

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Tabel 4.13

Persentase komposisi mineral serpentinit dari
conto batuan ...........................................................................

88

Tabel 4.14

Diagram interpretasi paragenesa serpentinit ...........................

90

Tabel 4.15

Diagram interpretasi paragenesa olivin gabro ........................

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DAFTAR LAMPIRAN

Lampiran I Deskripsi Petrografi dan Mineragrafi
Lampiran II Deskripsi Mineralogi Butir
Lampiran III Analisis Sinar-X Difraksi
Lampiran IV Analisis Kimia

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