 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The mafic mineralogy of the Pandë massif, Tikar plain, Cameroon: implications for a peralkaline affinity...ABSTR ACT The Pandé massif is a small (4.963.4 km) subvolcanic complex of the Cameroon Line striking W ...voluminous Mayo Darlé granite bodies crystallized. K EY WORDS : Plutono-volcanism, Pandé, Tikar plain, Cameroon...of the Cameroon Line are more abundant, relatively in its middle part, between Foumban and Banyo (Fig....latter except for the Mayo Darlé granite bodies (Nguéné, 1982). The Pandé massif with which this paper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ferrorichterite and arfvedsonite, and post-magmatic riebeckite. Major and trace element compositions reveal...rocks. Sodic amphiboles include arfvedsonite and riebeckite, the latter restricted to the deformed and microgranitic...2011), and surrounded by light colored rims. Riebeckite is a late phase; its association with alkali-feldspar...note inclusions of fluorite and quartz in the core region. (C) Arfvedsonite crystals interstitial to quartz...feldspar in alkali feldspar microgranite. (D) Riebeckite megacryst with post-magmatic magnetite crystals |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | katophorite. The sodic amphiboles are mostly riebeckite, and rarely arfvedsonite. Secondary Fe–Mg–Mn...1984); 4 — Mulanje (Platt and Woolley, 1986); 5 — Pandé (Njonfang and Moreau, 2000); 6 — Puklen (Marks et...(Alkaline series 2); bar corresponds to 150 μm. Plain-polarized light in all photomicrographs. Selected...(2007) 328–339 335 association with needle-like riebeckite or grunerite (Figs. 4d, and 7a, b). Very rarely...increase in alkalinity in Alkaline series 1. riebeckite crystals in sample 51 (Fig. 3b) are found as |
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