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Forsterite from
Mosteiros, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal


Locality type:Civil Parish
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mosteiros, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:525603
Long-form Identifier:1:3:525603:7
GUID (UUID V4):7761b04b-ee01-4cce-affd-a58dbfcf8e7d
Localities for Forsterite in this Region
Mosteiros Beach, Mosteiros, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
References
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Evolution of the Sete Cidades Volcano, São Miguel, Azores CHRISTOPH BEIER1*, KARSTEN M. HAASE2 AND THOR...MARCH 29, 2006 The Sete Cidades volcano (São Miguel, Azores) is situated at the eastern end of the ultraslow...with a plume buoyancy flux of 12 Mg/s for the Azores (Sleep, 1990). Coupled with a much lower plate...BACKGROUND Geological setting of São Miguel The eastern Azores platform is dominated by three major tectonic...tectonic structures: (1) the East Azores Fracture Zone (EAFZ) in the south; (2) the NW–SE striking Terceira
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Sub-volcanic crystallization at Sete Cidades volcano, Miguel, Azores, inferred from mafic and ultramafic plutonic...Sub-vulkanische Kristallisation am Sere Cidades Vulkan, Sdo Miguel, Azoren: Die Bedeutung mafischer und ultramafischer...wahrscheinlich aus gr6(3erer Tiefe stammt. Introduction The Azores archipelago straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between...east of the ridge, including Silo Miguel, lie close to the Azores fracture zone (the Terceira Rift),...(Krause and Watkins, 1970; Searle, 1980). Silo Miguel is the largest of the nine islands that compose
 
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