Basaltic lava flow, Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Spinel peridotites (spinel dunites, dunite/wehrlite, spinel pyroxenites and olivine pyroxenites) xenoliths in alcaline basaltic lava, located NW of Valle Gran Rey.
These xenoliths are crosscut by a microvein network of glassy and cryptocrystalline material, with carbonate blebs.
These carbonate droplets represent a quenched liquid resulting from demixing of a carbonate-silicate melt.

Ref.:
Eur. J. Mineral., 2002, 14, 891-904.

Mineral List:

	'Amphibole Group'

	'Apatite'

	Calcite

	Diopside

	Dolomite

	Forsterite

	'Glass'

	Ilmenite

	Kaersutite

	'Serpentine Group'

	Spinel

11 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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