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Sanidine from
Pumice quarry, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sanidine
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zircon2 photos of Sanidine associated with Zircon at this locality.
Zirconolite1 photo of Sanidine associated with Zirconolite at this locality.
Pyrochlore Group1 photo of Sanidine associated with Pyrochlore Group at this locality.
Aegirine1 photo of Sanidine associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Astrophyllite1 photo of Sanidine associated with Astrophyllite at this locality.
Ferro-katophorite1 photo of Sanidine associated with Ferro-katophorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sanidine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pumice quarry, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:544277
Long-form Identifier:1:3:544277:5
GUID (UUID V4):bdb249de-502d-427e-b394-111ea3ace1ab
Nearest other occurrences of Sanidine
3.7km (2.3 miles) Ruins of Lombadas syenite xenolith occurrence, Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
5.1km (3.2 miles) Monte Escuro quarry, Monte Escuro, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hydrothermal System of Furnas Volcano, São Miguel Island, The Azores Archipelago Iuliu Bobos 1, * and Celso...Hydrothermal System of Furnas Volcano, São Miguel Island, The Azores Archipelago. Minerals ICTerra, DGAOT...Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4168-007 Porto, Portugal Geobiotec, Departamento de Geociências, Universidade...Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; cgomes@ua.pt Correspondence: ibobos@fc.up.pt Abstract:...high-field strength and rare earth elements; São Miguel island; Azores archipelago Academic Editor: Monica Piochi
Report (volume)
Three Late Quaternary Stratovolcanoes on Sao Miguel, Azores U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1900 Prepared...cooperation with the Regional Government of the Azores AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Three Late Quaternary Stratovolcanoes on Sao Miguel, Azores By RICHARD B. MOORE Prepared in cooperation...cooperation with the Regional Government of the Azores U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1900 U.S. DEPARTMENT...three late Quaternary stratovolcanoes on Sao Miguel, Azores I by Richard B. Moore. p. em. (U.S. Geological
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the Fogo A and 1563 A.D. trachyte deposits, São Miguel, Azores Darin C. Snyder a,⁎, Elisabeth Widom a ,...zoned trachyte deposits from Fogo volcano, São Miguel, Azores. High-precision U-series disequilibria measurements...multicollector mass spectrometry were performed on pumice lapilli and volcanic glass separates from Fogo...disequilibria; Time scales; Magma chamber; Trachyte; Azores ⁎ Corresponding author. 254 Williamsburg Circle...magmatic systems. Fogo volcano on the island of São Miguel (Azores) has repeatedly erupted strongly compositionally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of the Fogo A Trachyte Deposit, São Miguel, Azores DARIN C. SNYDER1*, ELISABETH WIDOM1, AARON...chemically zoned trachyte pumice deposit of the Fogo A eruption, Fogo volcano, Azores. Sr isotopic variation...is observed in whole rocks, glass separates and sanidine phenocrysts (whole-rock 87 Sr/86 Sr: 07049---07061;...07049---07061; glass 87 Sr/86 Sr: 07048---07052; sanidine 87 Sr/86 Sr: 07048--07062). Thorium isotopic...pre-eruptive magmatic processes are being investigated. Azores; open-system processes; Sr isotopes; trachytic
Report (chapter)
Chapter 8 Eruptive history of Fogo Volcano, São Miguel, Azores N. WALLENSTEIN1*, A. DUNCAN2,3, J. E. GUEST4†...Mãe de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal 2 Institute of Biological, Environmental Science...largest of the three active central volcanoes on São Miguel and dominates the centre of the island. It is located...where considerable subsidence within the NW–SE Ribeira Grande graben has occurred. A more complete stratigraphy...trachytic Plinian eruptions, including those of the Ribeira Chã (8– 12 ka BP) and Fogo A (4.6 ka BP). The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of a chemically zoned trachyte: Fogo A, Sao Miguel, Azores E. Widom 1 *, H.-U. Schmincke 2, and J.B. GilP...paths. Major and trace element variations in 25 pumice samples collected from throughout the stratigraphic...Fig. 1. Locality map of the Azores platform with the island of Sao Miguel. The inset is a more detailed...detailed drawing of Sao Miguel showing the location of Agua de Pao volcano H i l d r e t h 1983 ; W 6 r n...setting The island of Sao Miguel lies near the eastern extent of the Azores platform, a topographic high
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peralkaline magmatic system: Furnas volcano, São Miguel, Azores A. J. Jeffery1 · R. Gertisser1 · B. O’Driscoll2...of three active central volcanoes on São Miguel Island, Azores, and is considered to be one of the most...Geológicos, University of the Azores, 9501‑801 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 4 Centro de Informação e...Sismovulcânica dos Açores, 9501‑801 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 5 Department of Earth and Planetary Science...ubiquitous clinopyroxene antecrysts in the UFG pumice falls, provide evidence for mingling/mixing processes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and petrologic evolution of Faial Island, Central Azores 1938-2839 Geology Review, 0020-6814 TIGR International...Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; bCentro de Geofísica...Geofísica da Universidade de Coimbra-CGUC, Coimbra, Portugal; cUniversidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE)...Prof. José Aloísio de Campos s/n, Jardim Rosa Elze, São Cristóvão-Se, Brazil; e Universidade Federal do Pampa...Volcanic rocks that make up Faial Island, Central Azores, consist of four volcanostratigraphic units, with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plinian deposits of Agua de Pau volcano (Sao Miguel, Azores Islands) F. RIDOLFI1, A. RENZULLI1,*, P. SANTI1...fall deposits of Agua de Pau volcano (São Miguel, Azores Islands) are divisible into (1) silica-undersaturated...minerals, Agua de Pau, São Miguel, Azores. Introduction T HE Azores archipelago straddles the MidAtlantic...MidAtlantic Ridge and emerges from the Azores Platform, (37 – 40ºN and 25 – 31ºW) near the North American-African-Eurasian...triple plate junction (Burke and Wilson, 1976). São Miguel is one of the eastern islands and is located along
Book
WORKSHOP W2 – 11th CONGRESS ISRM, PONTA DELGADA, AZORES, PORTUGAL, 14–15 JULY 2007 Volcanic Rocks Editors Ana...Delgada, Azores, Portugal João Carlos Nunes Department of Geosciences, University of Azores, Ponta Delgada...Delgada, Azores, Portugal LONDON / LEIDEN / NEW YORK / PHILADELPHIA / SINGAPORE © 2007 Taylor & Francis...B. Voight & J. Taron Geological hazards at the Azores region J.L. Gaspar, G. Queirós & T. Ferreira 1...del Potro Volcanostratigraphic profiles for the Azores region: A contribution for the EC8 Regulations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic Activity in Agua de Pao Volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores by E. WIDOM 1 *, J. B. GILL 1 , AND H.-U. SCHMINCKE...trachyte eruptions of Agua de Pao volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores, represent bulk liquid compositions resembling...with open miarolitic cavities and homogeneous sanidine; 011) dense syenite with exsolved alkali feldspar...trachyte eruptions of Agua de Pao volcano (Sao Miguel, Azores) also appear to represent MAGMAT1C ACTIVITY...velocities of residual melt. The Azores island group emerges from the Azores Platform, a topographic high
Report (chapter)
October 8, 2015 Chapter 5 The magmatism of the Azores islands VITTORIO ZANON Centro de Vulcanologia e...Açores, Portugal (e-mail: Vittorio.VZ.Zanon@azores.gov.pt) Abstract: Magmas in the Azores (Portugal) were...sources with a ubiquitous and slightly depleted Azores mantle. Finally, a contribution of recycled oceanic...in Pb isotope ratios across the island of São Miguel. Primitive melts were generated by 1 –7% partial...chemical heterogeneities in the mantle sources. The Azores, located in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyroclastics from Agua de Pau Volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores: Evolution of a Magma Body over 4,000 Years...England Abstract. The Recent stratigraphy of Sao Miguel records large numbers of trachytic pyroclastic...one of the three active stratovolcanoes on Sao Miguel. A geochemical and electron microprobe study made...succession, revealed significant variations in pumice clast chemistry and mineralogy between the individual...deposit. It is proposed that the five air fall pumice deposits represent successive samples of an evolving
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volatile Component of Some Pumice-Forming Alkaline Magmas from the Azores and Canary Islands and M. Storey...alkaline pumice deposits, of airfall and ignimbrite type, from Tenerife (Canary Islands), Sao Miguel and Faial...Faial (Azores). It is argued that reliable temperature and f O z estimates can be obtained from tita...particular interest are the volatile contents of pumice-forming magmas, since their very formation is testimony...determined from information preserved in the final pumice deposit. The most satisfactory method is to analyse
Report (chapter)
hybrid lavas from Agua de Pau volcano, Sao Miguel, Azores M. Storey, J. A. Wolff, M. J. Norry & G. F...F. Marriner SUMMARY: The island of Sao Miguel in the Azores exhibits bimodal volcanism: eruptives from...fluid pressure may act as a 'trigger' for explosive pumice-forming eruptions (Sparks et al. 1977). Experiments...Blake & Campbell 1986). The island of Sao Miguel in the Azores (Fig. 1) contains an example of this bimodal...volcanological problems. The volcanology of Sao Miguel was the subject of a detailed study by Booth et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evandro F. de Lima2 | Ruy P. Philipp2 | 3 Miguel A.S. Basei 1 Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Geociências...Geocronologia (CPGEO), Instituto de Geociências, USP, São Paulo, Brazil Correspondence Roberto J. Noll Filho...noll.robertoj@gmail.com Funding information Rio Grande do Sul State Research Foundation (FAPERGS), Grant/Award...= Sierra Ballena, 9 = Cerro Amaro, 10 = Arroio Grande. Source: Philipp, Jelinek, and Chemale Jr (2012)... exposed from Uruguay to southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and in order to hypothesize about its potential
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Society of America Bulletin Two Plinian Pumice-Fall Deposits from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy LUCIO...Plinian Pumice-Fall Deposits from Somma-Vesuvius, Italy maps, namely, 2.6 km 3 for the Pompei Pumice and...and 2.1 km 2 for the Avellino Pumice. ABSTRACT Two of the major pumice-fall deposits of Somma-Vesuvius...Somma-Vesuvius are described. One, the Pompei Pumice, resulted from the classic eruption of A.D. 79, which is taken...type example of a Plinian eruption. The Pompei Pumice is dispersed south and southeast of the volcano
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
underlying Tenerife (Canary Islands), Sao Miguel and Faial (Azores), and Vesuvius. The most fractionated...system is heavy-REE depleted roofwards, while the Azores systems, which lack these phases, display roofward...Walker & Croasdale (1971, and unpub. data) on the Azores Islands. We now describe the general features of...1980), the units studied are subplinian to plinian pumice fall deposits and ignimbrites, some with associated...Las Canadas is the source of a late Quaternary pumice succession comprising some 40 airfall and ignimbrite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sinos (UNISINOS), Av. Unisinos, 950 Cristo Rei, São Leopoldo, CEP 93022-000, RS, Brazil 2 Laboratório...Camaquã Basin are located in south-central Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. They are part of...platy vitroclasts, and crystaloclasts of quartz, sanidine and plagioclase in a silicified ash matrix. Tuffs...present crystaloclasts of quartz, microperthitic sanidine, anorthoclase, albitized plagioclase and phylossilicates...phylossilicates in a matrix composed of shards and pumice, with eutaxitic texture, concoidal and perlitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
systematically in size away from the source, but pumice clasts have an irregular size distribution. Grain...a few microns in size. Reverse grading of large pumice clasts and normal grading of large lithic clasts...beds, cross-bedded pyroclastic surge deposits and pumice fall deposits formed in the same eruptions. Chemical...the abbreviations MP and ML refer to the maximum pumice clast size and the maximum lithic clast size respectively...ignimbrites. Pyroclastie fall 2: This is a Plinian Pumice fall deposit which occurs widely in the area south
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LeitãO Waichel a b Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul b Universidade Estadual do Oest do Paraná...Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Cx. Postal...Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Cx. Postal...Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Cx. Postal...Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Cx. Postal
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Geochemical Strategies, Inc., 2670 Appaloosa Way, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420, USA (rhaddad@charter.net) The application...do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal (adoria@fc.up.pt) A 270-year ice core record...range of pumice types from at least two migrating vent systems with syndeposition of plinian pumice falls...1) The earliest deposited pumice was plausibly the earliest erupted pumice and it probably derived from...body. The enigma is that the earliest-deposited pumice is, in general, relatively poor in crystals, although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract - The mineralogy and petrology of banded pumice clasts from a mixed-magma non-welded ignimbrite...(assemblage 3, aegirineaugite + biotite +sodic sanidine + sodalite + nepheline + sphene + low-Mg magnetite)...the Las Canadas caldera, source of the Quaternary pumice series. Small map shows the location of Tenerife...soil/erosion horizons, are mostly non-welded plinian pumice falls and ignimbrites, and at least twelve have...heterogeneous, in that they bear both mafic and salic pumice with respective contrasting phenocryst populations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
silica-saturated and -undersaturated compositions. At Latera, pumice fragments in the same deposit can exhibit up to...indicate that the fractionation of plagioclase and sanidine largely controlled the liquid lines of descent...elements vary considerably among the different pumice types and syenites. Large ranges in Rb/Sr, Nb/Ta...example, bracket the range of most elements in all pumice types, and chemical models demonstrate that processes...more obvious in the compositions of large pumice clasts. Pumice fragments also more adequately reflect petrogenetically
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
well-exposed lava flows and domes, ash-flow tuff, air-fall pumice, and caldera-lake sediments. All eruptive units...aphyric or contain up to 15% phenocrysts of sodic sanidine =>quartz ~>ferrohedenbergite > fayalite > ilmenite..._+titanomagnetite. Whereas major-element compositions of sanidine, clinopyroxene, and fayalite phenocrysts changed...the last-erupted portion contains less than 1% sanidine and quartz. Collapse of the roof zone of the magma...range from less than 1% to 15% by volume. Sodic sanidine and quartz, the former generally more abundant
 
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