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Diopside from
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal


Locality type:Volcanic Complex
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:318862
Long-form Identifier:1:3:318862:0
GUID (UUID V4):347f5b5c-9e2e-4248-814e-34d94663a302
References
Ridolfi, F., Renzulli, A., Santi, P., Upton, B.G.J., Evolutionary stages of crystallisation of weakly peralkine syenites: evidence from ejecta in the plinian deposits of Agua de Pau volcano (Sao Miguel, Azores Islands), Mineralogical Magazine, 67(4), 749-767, 2003
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Belakovskiy, Dmitriy I., Cámara, Fernando, Gagne, Olivier C., Uvarova, Yulia (2015) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 100 (8) 2005-2013 doi:10.2138/am-2015-nmn1008-98
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peralkaline syenitic ejecta from the Água de Pau volcano, Azores. European Journal of Mineralogy, 27(1)...discovered at the Água de Pau volcano (Fogo volcano), Sãn Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal. The mineral...serpentinized forsterite, phlogopite, Mgilmenite, Cr-diopside, and pyrope, cemented by fine-grained carbonate-serpentine...contain a suite of centimeter-size megacrysts (diopside and phlogopite in addition to amphibole) and xenoliths...oxo-magnesio-hastingsite crystals contain inclusions of euhedral diopside grains. The amphibole is brown with a white streak;
 
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