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Cerro Balmaceda, Magallanes Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, Chile

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Alkaline plutonic rocks, probably Upper Cretaceous, including syenite and nordmarkite.





Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine-augite
    (Na,Ca)(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg,Al)Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]
  		•  Arfvedsonite
    [Na][Na
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]
  		•  Fayalite
    Fe
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Alan R. Woolley: Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, part 1, 200 (BMNH, London, 1987)]


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