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Plagioclase from
Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:303811
Long-form Identifier:1:3:303811:6
GUID (UUID V4):d8da3cb7-305b-4b9f-b404-91b98d7cc383
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
65.2km (40.5 miles) Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hill, St. Kitts. By C. T. TRECHMANN, D . S C , F.G.S. Petrology by T. S. WESTOLL. (PLATES XIV AND XV.) T>RIMSTONE...on the north-west side of -*-* the island of St. Kitts, or St. Christopher, about a third of a mile from...high and to have a crater lake. Several other peaks of the island rise to over 1,000 feet, and to the...feet high. About 12 miles to the north-west of St. Kitts is the Dutch island of St. Eustatius, or Statia...South-east of St. Kitts, and nearly adjoining it is Nevis, which consists of a central cone and several subsidiary
Journal (issue)
SCIENCES .. . • -< ·. . OVERSEAS GEOLOGY , ..AND INER AL , . RESOURCES -; VOLUME .. 10, NUMBER...Europe's most comprehensive stocks of new, second-hand and ex-government instruments for the Geologist. Illustrated...Kuz'menko and E M Es'kova Edited by S I Tomkeietf and M H Battey Translated by D G Fry and K Syers ''This...alkaline province, but it is also the most complete and comprehensive study of an alkaline pro·vince yet...development use is made of both world literature and the results of extensive investigations carried out
Book (chapter)
Antilles, and are relatively more abundant in the central part of the island arc. but plagioclase Geochemically... ratios varying percentages low alkalis of and low iron quartz abundant phenocrysts. to magnesium...oceanic material. The systematic decrease in potassium and rubidium contents northward along the arc is attributed...zone in this part of the arc, and the consequent failure of oceanic crust and overlying sediments to have...subduction zone boundary between the Caribbean and western Atlantic plates. The rocks are a typical
Journal (issue)
Number 52 The petrology of Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources C....Abstract Introduction The main eruptive centres and their petrography Windy Hill centre 2 Hurricane Hill...volcanics 15 Nevis Peak volcano 15 Cognate xenoliths Notes on the mineralogy of the rocks of Nevis Plagioclase...Amphibole 24 Tridymite and cristobalite 25 Opaque oxides 26 The highly altered rocks of Nevis Farrn Estate 28...I The late Professor C. 0. Hutton iv 2 View of Nevis Peak from Clay Ghaut iv FIGURES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 32, 39~t7 (1971) 9 by Springer-Verlag 1971 Isotopic Composition of Strontium... SrsT/SrSeratios have been determined for lavas and py lastie rocks from three basalt-andesite centers...Misery on the island of St. Kitts, Soufriere on the island of St. Vincent, and Carriacou, an island of The...is 0.7038 for Mr. Misery, 0.7041 for Soufriere, and 0.7053 for Carriacou. All the SrST/SrS6values from...each center supports the hypothesis that basalts and andesites for each specific center investigated are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of a 7- to 9-km-thick succession of bimodal mafic and felsic volcanic rocks erupted during five major cycles...period of intense magmatic activity (cycle III) and the formation of the Noranda cauldron. Hydrothermal...fluid flow associated with rapid crustal extension and rifting of the volcanic complex. The alteration includes...epidote and quartz (silicification), which exhibit broad stratigraphic and structural control and correlate...t7 0.5), hydrothermal amphibole (ferroactinolite) and coarse-grained epidote of clinozoisite composition
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
St. Kitts, West Indies. Lithos 1, 124-150. Mt. Misery, a recent volcano on the island of St. Kitts in...andesites, and andesites of calcalkali type. Nearly all the lavas are strongly porphyritic and zoned calcic...calcic plagioclase is the most abundant phenocryst mineral. A small percenta g e of olivine occurs in the...the basalts and occasionally appears in the andesites. Augite is the principal pyroxene of the basaltic...pyroclastics and is very abundant in the ejected blocks. Quartz features occasionally in the andesites and cristobalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Crystallization of Intermediate and Acid Magmas at Ben Nevis, Scotland by H. W. HASLAM Mineral Resources...INTRODUCTION THE Ben Nevis igneous complex occupies an area of about fifteen square miles and is roughly circular...including the summit of Ben Nevis itself, consists of a series of lavas and agglomerates. This is completely...outer margin of this, there is a group of diorites and granodiorites of variable composition, which are...to represent two distinct intrusions, the Inner and Outer Quartz Diorites. They are closely related to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lesser Antilles volcanic island arc c. hf. BROWN and J. G. HOLLAND Department of Geological Sciences...Research Unit, University of West Indies, Trinidad, WI and R. J. ARCULUS Department of Geology, Rice University...1976) Abtraet-New analyses of 1518 rocks for major and certain trace elements are used to examine chemical...although south of Martinique, the Oligocene-Miocene and the younger arc are superimposed. There is a chemical...(centre), and St. Kitts (north). The Grenada suite includes basanites, alkalic basalts, and subalkalic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Britain. 341 Appinite xenoliths and associated rocks from the Ben Nevis igneous complex H. W.HASLAM Summary...quartz-diorite magma. It contains xenoliths of pyroxenite and appinite. The latter consist largely of hornblende...some diopside, quartz, orthoclase microperthite and oligoclase. They are considered to be the reaction...reaction products of the outer margin of a magma and the adjacent calcareous country rock. 1. INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION In the north-western part of the Ben Nevis complex there is a small area of rocks which differ from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARLOS A. R. DE ALBUQUERQUE Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University, Hal&x, Nova Scotia, Canada (Received... The distribution of elements between amphibole and co-existing biotite is studied. The composition of...amp~boles and the physical conditions of crysta~iz&tion inferred from the study of the biotite and rock series...about 3 Kb and f0, defined by FMQ. THE INTEGRATED studies of the geochemistry of the rooks and minerals...increased our understanding of their magmatic evolution and of the role of intensive variables. However, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOLCANIC TUFFS ON B E N NEVIS. The Occurrence of Volcanic Tuffs on Ben Nevis. MACKIE, M.A., By 69...1905.) I N the summer of 1 9 0 4 , while on Ben Nevis, I collected two specimens of what at the time were...example of the andesite, showed the fine brecciation and injection of one andesite by a second andesite, while...large scale of the andesite of Ben Nevis has been described by Nicol, and at a later date by Judd; but there...fragmental volcanic rocks occurring on that mountain, and certainly none of the occurrence of tuffs. The first
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 103, pp. 1219–1241 The Ben Nevis Volcanic Complex, Ontario, Canada: Part of the Late...J. PIERCEY, Mineral Exploration Research Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University...Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 6B5 AND MICHAEL A. HAMILTON Jack Satterly Geochronology...Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 Abstract The Ben Nevis volcanic complex occurs in the Misema–Duprat-Montbray...subordinate rhyolites to the west. In both the Noranda and Misema–Duprat-Montbray formations, the andesites
Report (issue)
Geology of Ben Nevis and Glen Coe (Me111. Ceo/. Sun•.) PLATE I (Frontispiece) BEN N1:v1s WITH HANGING...CORRIE, /\ND RIVER NEVIS DISAPPEARING INTO NEVIS GORGE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH...SURVEY SCOTLAND The Geology of I Ben Nevis and Glen Coe and the Surrounding Country (EXPLANATION OF...OF SHEET 53) By E. B. Bailey, B.A. and H. B. Maufe, M.A. with contributions by C. T. Clough, M.A. ; J...Great Britain, and several peaks in the ea stem part of the area rise to heights of 3000 ft and over. Between
Report (issue)
Geological Survey on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry. The information contained herein must not...5DU No. 80 Mineral investigations in the Ben Nevis and Ballachulish areas of the Scottish Highlands ...Report No. 80 Mineral investigations in the Ben Nevis and Ballachulish areas of the Scottish Highlands ...1986 A report prepared for tt,e Department of Trade and Industry Keyworth, Nottinghamshire 1986 --------------------·...Carboniferous Limestone areas south of Kendal (south Cumbria and north Lancashire) 72 A geochemical drainage survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Economic Geology, v. 103, pp. 1243–1268 Synvolcanic and Younger Plutonic Rocks from the Blake River Group:...Geological Survey, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada P2N 1A8 A...Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B1 AND ROBERT A. CREASER Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University...intrusive rocks are younger (2686.9 ± 1.2 and 2688.5 ± 2.3 Ma) and are associated with porphyry-style Cu-Mo-Au...The intrusions are also smaller in areal extent and do not have a temporally extended, polyphase history
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relationship between the Major and Trace Elements of Igneous Rocks and their Minerals. By S. R. Nockolds...S. (Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge), and R. L. Mitchell, Ph.D. (Macaulay...Apatites The Plagioclase Felspars The Potash Felspars 566 567 567 568 569 573 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS...form intrusions of varying size, usually composite and frequently, at least, having the habit of ring complexes...rock types include peridotites and pyroxenites, gabbros, hornblendite and appinite, appinitic diorites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E , DECEMBER 1986, VOL. 50, PP. 671 4 Pyroxenes and coexisting minerals in the Cheviot granite H. W....Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU ABSTRACT. Orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, with biotite, are widespread in the...close to (Mg,Fe)~Si206 and Ca(Mg,Fe)SizO6. Biotite compositions, with low Si and A1, are characteristic...pyroxenes. Geothermometric estimates based on oxide and pyroxene compositions show that present mineral compositions...emplaced under tensional conditions (Read, 1961; Brown and Locke, 1979). It is associated with a negative residual
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MULTICATIONIC PARAMETERS R I C H A R D A. B A T C H E L O R and PETER BOWDEN Department of Geology, University of...publication May 9, 1984) Abstract Batchelor, R.A. and Bowden, P., 1985. Petrogenetic interpretation of...on a multicationic diagram devised by de la Roche and his coworkers. This shows that there is a systematic...development of alkaline magmas. Possible source materials and mechanisms o f magma generation are considered from...crystallisation o f clinopyroxene, olivine and calcic plagioclase from a basic source with tholeiitic affinities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
halogen (F, Cl) content in igneous and detrital apatite by SEM-EDS and LA-Q-ICPMS: A potential new provenance...halogen (F, Cl) content in igneous and detrital apatite by SEM-EDS and LA-Q-ICPMS: A potential new provenance...manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published...may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain...halogen (F, Cl) content in igneous and detrital apatite by SEM-EDS and LA-Q-ICPMS: a potential new provenance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Kawano one Manuscript early from 500km or and is 75 to intrusion about Ueda to received, MESOZOIC...granites other represented Chubu, a maximum the and JAPAN Kyushu with (1966,1967) million EARLY...specimens various The of analysed by orthoclase to and tion biotite. with Commonly, increasing (0r ...axial of with coarse pegmatitic angle to with and often of The comparatively to It quartz porphyry...microcline The and and of relation porphyritic chemically aplitic plagioclase quartz be post‑orogenic
Book (chapter)
Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain Compiled and edited by D. Stephenson British Geological Survey...Edinburgh P. Stone British Geological Survey, Edinburgh and W.J. Wadsworth University of Manchester, Manchester...Geological ,835 Survey Chapter 9 Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks of Scotland Introduction...development of essentially calc-alkaline volcanic rocks and swarms of minor intrusions. On mainland Scotland...Silurian and Lower Devonian, but in Orkney and Shetland they occur in the Middle Devonian, and show geochemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mobility of Au and related elements (As, Sb, Se, and Hg) from these rocks during alteration and metamorphism...concentrations of Au and related elements in a suite of metabasaltic rocks from the Otago and Alpine Schists...metabasaltic rocks in the Otago and Alpine Schists are of MORB and WPB affinity and are interpreted to be fragments...vary little between sub-greenschist (0.9±0.5 ppb) and upper greenschist facies (1.0±0.5 ppb), but decrease...element. The concentrations of Sb and Hg decrease between sub-greenschist and amphibolite facies but concentration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
64 Christman, N k EXPLANATION Recent alluvium and sand Miocene (?) limestone IGNEOUS ROCKS Anse du.... . Andesite and andesite porphyry Point Toiny LEGEND FOR CROSS SECTIONS Basalt and olivine basalt...basalt m Andesite and basalt L > Andesite dikes m Dacite and felsite rn m Basalt dike Agglomerate...agglomerate rq Mongeant limestone member Tuff and t u f f breccia, dotted where silicified Single...+ - C .- ._.--._. Pointe des Negres T u f f and t u f f breccia -.-. Contact, dashed where approximately
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICROPEGMATITE IN GRANITES. The 247 Distribution and Significance of Deviations from the Normal Order...Order of Crystallization, also the Distribution and Significance of Micropegmatite in Granites, as illustrated...this paper were worked out with the aid of a grant and the loan of a petrological microscope from the Carnegie...acknowledge an additional grant in aid of the printing and illustration of the same. W. M. I N some of my previous...of crystallization, and as to the occurrence and distribution of micropegmatite; and further, if possible
 
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