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Forsterite from
La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1002554
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1002554:9
GUID (UUID V4):253a712c-e285-416b-8c05-e8a6df826513
Localities for Forsterite in this Region
Tajogaite Volcano, Cumbre Vieja Area, La Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
www.elsevier.de/chemer Carbonate xenoliths in La Palma: Carbonatite or alteration product? Attila Deménya...Deménya,, Ramón Casillasb, Agustina Ahijadob, Julio de La Nuezb, J. Andrew Miltonc, Géza Nagya a Institute...Dpto. de Edafologia y Geologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofisico Fco. Sánchez, 38206 La Laguna...Laguna, Tenerife, Spain c School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way...collected in basaltic rocks of the Basal Complex of La Palma. The mineralogical composition and microscopic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope heterogeneity of the mantle beneath the Canary Islands: insights from olivine phenocrysts Andrey A...Springer-Verlag 2010 A. A. Gurenko (&)  M. Chaussidon Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, CNRS...erupted on Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro, Canary Islands, for which shallow level...erupted on El Hierro, the westernmost island of the Canary Archipelago, was used to estimate oxygen isotope...MORB-type isotopic signature) components of the Canary plume. The model calculations yield 5.2 and 5.9
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peridotite and depleted recycled pyroxenite in the Canary plume: A mixed-up mantle Andrey A. Gurenko a,b...December 2008 Editor: R.W. Carlson Keywords: Canary Islands mantle plume pyroxenite olivine radiogenic...peridotitic MORB source. The lavas from the Canary Islands, Spain (Fig. 1), are believed to be derived from...(SiO2 b 46 wt.%) lavas from throughout the Canary Islands form arrays between a HIMU-like end-member...eastern Canary Islands (i.e., Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Anaga Massif on Tenerife) also
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
shield stage lavas from the central and western Canary Islands: Insights into mantle and crustal processes...January 2006; accepted 14 February 2006 Abstract The Canary plume is one of the few plumes that can be traced...stage lavas erupted on Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma because these rocks are believed to...elements ([La/Sm]n = 2.1–4.6), strongly enriched in Nb and Ta ([Nb/La]n = 0.8–1.5, [Ta/La]n = 1.3–1.8)...8) and depleted in K and Pb ([K/ La]n = 0.2–0.7; [Pb/La]n = 0.2–0.3), resembling HIMU-type magmas. Fractional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAPER Source components of the Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) shield stage magmas: evidence from olivine...October 2009 Ó Springer-Verlag 2009 Abstract The Canary Island primitive basaltic magmas are thought to...from the low-silica rocks from the western Canary Islands (Gurenko et al. EPSL 277:514–524, 2009), at...lithosphere above the plume center. Keywords Canary Islands  Gran Canaria  ODP Leg 157  Olivine  Mantle...generated the magmas feeding volcanoes on the Canary Islands (Hoernle and Tilton 1991; Hoernle et al. 1991
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope heterogeneity of the mantle beneath the Canary Islands: a discussion of the paper of Gurenko et al...olivine grains from the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro. As with...with prior studies of oxygen isotopes in Canary Island lavas (e.g. Thirlwall et al. Chem Geol 135:233–262...Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, USA e-mail: jmdday@ucsd.edu...University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Canada La Palma olivine grains measured by LF (Day et al. Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lithosphere Sampled as Mantle Xenoliths at Ocean Islands 1 PHYSICS OF GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES, UNIVERSITY...IDES, ‘INTERACTIONS ET DYNAMIQUE DES ENVIRONNEMENTS DE SURFACE’, FACULTE€ DES SCIENCES, UNIVERSITE€ ORSAY-PARIS...2008 Many peridotite xenoliths sampled at ocean islands appear to have strongly refractory major element...of data for xenoliths from nine groups of ocean islands. The xenoliths were filtered petrographically for...were excluded.The xenolith suites from most ocean islands are dominated by ultra-refractory harzburgites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
HIMU-type mantle beneath El Hierro and La Palma, Canary Islands James M.D. Day a,b,⇑, D. Graham Pearson...Estación Volcanologica De Canarias, CSIC, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain b Received 9 February 2010;...Shield-stage high-MgO alkalic lavas from La Palma and El Hierro (Canary Islands) have been characterized for their...19.1 to 19.7; Pd/Ir = 6 ± 3) versus those from La Palma (d18Oolivine = 4.87 ± 0.18&; 87Sr/86Sr = 0.7031...in the garnet stability ïŹeld (P110 km). Western Canary Island lavas were sulphur undersaturated with estimated
Report (chapter)
processes in the Basal Complex of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain A. DEMÉNY1, R. CASILLAS2, T. W. VENNEMANN3...VENNEMANN3, E. HEGNER4, G. NAGY1, A. AHIJADO2, J. DE LA NUEZ2, P. SIPOS1, S. PILET3 & J. MILTON5 1 Institute...Dpto. de Edafologia y Geologia, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofisico Fco. Sánchez, 38206 La Laguna...Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 3 Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, L’Anthropole...feldspars from gabbros and basalts of La Palma, Canary Islands, were studied to determine primary, plumerelated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departamento de Edafología y Geología, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary...Canary Islands, Spain e School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way...ratios of amphiboles from ocean island basalts (Canary Islands), intraplate basalts, and subduction-related...The data is from ocean island basaltic rocks (Canary Islands; Demény et al., 2004a, 2008), intraplate basalts...originating from the Eastern Atlantic (Canary and Madeira Islands), Western Mediterranean and Central European
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fuerteventura in the easternmost part of the Canary Islands: evidence from gabbroic xenoliths Received:...paper were collected in northern Fuerteventura, the Canary Island located closest to the coast of Africa....relative to both the strongly incompatible elements Rb– La and the HREE) to enriched. Estimates show that the...relatively recent, and is thus associated with the Canary Islands magmatism. Our data contradict the hypothesis...among gabbro xenoliths from the islands of La Palma (western Canary Islands) and Lanzarote. The compositions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope heterogeneity of the mantle beneath the Canary Islands: a discussion of the paper of Gurenko et al...obtained oxygen isotope data for El Hierro and La Palma (Canary Island) olivines, (2) questions the approach...2-sigma uncertainty better than ±0.25 %. Keywords Canary Islands  Oxygen isotopes  Olivine  Ion microprobe...Address: A. A. Gurenko (&)  M. Chaussidon Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, CNRS-INSU-Nancy...Gurenko et al. (2011) for El Hierro and La Palma (Canary Islands) olivines; (2) questions the approach
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
upper mantle beneath Fuerteventura (eastern Canary Islands): Evidence from mantle xenoliths M.A. Abu El-Rus...and wehrlites) in the easternmost part of the Canary Islands chain, are highly deformed and show a wide...other Canary Islands appears to have had similar composition before the onset of the Canary Islands magmatism...2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Canary Island; Petrogenesis; Serpentinization; Dehydration;...xenoliths from the islands of La Palma, Hierro, Tenerife and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands archipelago (Fig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and minerals in veined xenoliths from La Palma, Canary Islands Received: 15 November 1998 / Accepted:...hosted by the historic Volcan de San Antonio, La Palma, Canary Islands include veined spinel harzburgites...ĂĄ L. Ottolini CNR-Centro di Studio per la Cristallochimica e la CristallograÂźa, via Ferrata 1, I-27100...taken place in situ in the upper mantle. The CaO-TiO2-La/ Nd relationships of mantle rocks may be used to...mantle xenoliths from La Palma and Hierro (Canary Islands) show a wide range in La/Nd ratios with relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
U-depleted rhyolite from a basanite at El Hierro, Canary Islands Olgeir Sigmarsson ‱ Didier Laporte ‱ Marion...alkaline magma suites, which characterize the Canary Islands. The October 2011 submarine eruption off El...element concentrations are typical of the western Canary Island basanites. In contrast, the trace element...CSIC, LLuis Sole Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Magma suites, or series of rock compositions from...1998; Hirschmann et al. 2003). At many oceanic islands, such as the Canaries, volcanism produces one or
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brenda B. Jensen The upper mantle under La Palma, Canary Islands: formation of Si2K2Na-rich melt and its...hosted by the Historic Volcan de San Antonio, La Palma, Canary Islands, fall into two main group. Group...meltyperidotite ratio. Group I xenoliths from La Palma differ from the Hierro and Lanzarote ones by a...presence of phlogopite in the upper mantle under La Palma. Introduction Information on the composition...been found in all the large islands in the roughly east–west trending Canary Island chain off the coast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithosphere: a magmatic inclusion study of La Palma, Canary Islands Igor K. Nikogosian a,*, Tim Elliott b...Sciences, Department of Petrology, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands...Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK Abstract Volcanism in the Canary Islands is notable for its highly alkalic character...building lavas of the currently most active island, La Palma. In order to understand better the processes responsible...magmatic inclusions in olivine and clinopyroxene from La Palma. The investigated primary melt and fluid inclusions
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
279–296 1999 Os Isotope Systematics in the Canary Islands and Madeira: Lithospheric Contamination and...isotopic signatures observed in the Madeira and Canary Island basalts despite a large range in 206Pb/204Pb...carbonatites and two mantle xenoliths from the Canary Islands, Selvagen Grande and Madeira in the eastern...mantle plume. The Os isotopic composition of the Canary plume is among the most radiogenic found in ocean...island basalts, comparable with the endmember HIMU islands Mangaia and Tubuaii, but at significantly lower
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
olivine from historical eruptions of Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Constraints on mantle source and melting mode...olivine from historical eruptions of Lanzarote, Canary Islands: Constraints on mantle source and melting mode...olivine from historical eruptions of Lanzarote, Canary Islands: constraints on mantle source and PT melting...12 Jose Antonio NU b Novais, 28040, Madrid, Spain NordVulk, Institute of Earth Sciences, University...from two historical eruptions in Lanzarote (Canary Islands), which erupted mafic and mantle nodule bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
heterogeneity on the source of the Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) Pliocene–Quaternary magmas M. Aulinas a,⁎...GeolĂČgica, Universitat de Barcelona 08028 Barcelona, Spain Institut de CiĂšncies de la Terra Jaume Almera...Barcelona, Spain Dpt. De FĂ­sicas, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tarifa...Tarifa, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain d Dpt of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom...the shield stage magmas of central and western islands (e.g., Hoernle, 1998; Gurenko et al., 2006, 2008
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
inclusions K.J. Walowski a,b,∗ , L.A. Kirstein a , J.C.M. De Hoog a , T.R. Elliott c , I.P. Savov d , R.E. Jones...diverse array of mantle reservoirs sampled at ocean islands remains uncertain. Boron is an ideal tracer of...ocean island localities (La Palma, Canary Islands, and Piton de Caille, La RĂ©union Island). Our results...bulk rock studies. We ïŹnd that the ÎŽ 11 B of the La RĂ©union samples (−7.9 ± 0.5h (2σ )) overlaps with...melting in the uppermost mantle. In contrast, the La Palma samples, notable for their radiogenic Pb isotope
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
differences in incompatible element (e.g. Ba/Nb, La/Nb) and Sr isotope ratios imply some heterogeneity...magmas resembling the lavas from the neighbouring Agua de Pau volcano, having higher Sr isotope ratios. The...magma sources at Sete Cidades and the adjacent Agua de Pau volcano imply *Corresponding author. E-mail:...studied oceanic volcanoes are those of the Hawaiian islands that have evolved through four stages: (1) pre-shield;...Geochemical studies of volcanic rocks from the islands JULY 2006 and the adjacent MAR suggest the presence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
eruptions from the Las Cañadas edifice, Tenerife (Canary Islands) S. E. BRYAN*†, J. MART͇ & R. A. F. CAS*...CSIC, Lluis Sole Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (Received 12 August 1997; accepted 27 April 1998)...dominated the large phonolitic shield volcano of Tenerife, the Las Cañadas edifice, for the last 1.5 m.y...successions. The Las Cañadas caldera of Tenerife in the Canary Islands is at the summit of the large phonolitic... 60 La Palma o 29 N Tenerife Anaga Fuerteventura Gomera Hierro 28oN Gran Canaria Santa Cruz
Report (volume)
–Quaternary alkaline mafic lavas from Catalonia (NE Spain) DEMÉNY , A., CASILLAS , R., VENNEMANN , T. W...., HEGNER , E., NAGY , G., AHIJADO , A., DE LA NUEZ , J., SIPOS , P., PILET , S. & MILTON , J. Plume-related...processes in the Basal Complex of La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain TOURON , S., RENAC , C., O’REILLY ...ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The in situ analyses substantially deepened...analyse with the less time-consuming but largerspot LA-ICP-MS. For this reason, at the beginning of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mortar, dried, placed in a platinum crucible to be de-carbonated at 800–1,200 °C for 20 h and then melted...further 24 h. Following this, the glass was quenched in de-ionized water and then crushed. The powder was placed...Table 1. Xenocryst analogues included a synthetic forsterite crystal (synthesised by IKZ Berlin), San Carlos...enstatite, Ki Kilosa orthopyroxene, Fo synthetic forsterite and SC San Carlos olivine. Bulk H2O calculated...from the melt. c Sample En46 contains both a forsterite and an enstatite crystal due to the starting
 
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