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Fassaite from
Noun plain, Galim, Bamboutos, West Region, Cameroon


Classification
Species:Augite var: Fassaite
Formula:(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fassaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Noun plain, Galim, Bamboutos, West Region, Cameroon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:141963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:141963:4
GUID (UUID V4):273b3b3b-fa6e-4a15-8ddd-0cb482732a06
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notes Mt. Vulture is located in the Basilicata region, Southern Italy [N40.935 lat; E15.622 long] at...AP991, carbonate vein in primary amphibole. Small fassaite clinopyroxene crystallised at the carbonate–amphibole...amphibole–carbonate along with fassaite compositions from Noun Plain (Cameroon, Wandji et al., 2000) (Wo mol%N...Alternatively, these clinopyroxenes can be classified as fassaite because, although the diopside endmember is dominant...dominant (51–65%, Table 3 analysis 1–6), the fassaite components are important CaAlSiAlO6 (CaTs = 6.5–16
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formations from Mbengwi, a continental sector of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), Central Africa Benoît Joseph...et Minières, IRGM/ARGV Ekona, B.P. 370, Buéa, Cameroon E. Njonfang Laboratoire de Géologie, Ecole Normale...Supérieure, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 47 Yaoundé, Cameroon M. Benoit : M. Grégoire (*) : S. Duchene : P....Sciences, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon in a trachyte from neighboring Bamenda Mountains...parental magmas along the CVL. Introduction The Cameroon volcanic line (CVL) is a tectono-magmatic structure
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the basanites from Batoke volcanic cone (Mount Cameroon, Central Africa): petrogenetic implications P...Mount Cameroon, a PlioQuaternary stratovolcano and the most important volcano along the Cameroon Volcanic...rich lherzolite in the upper mantle beneath the Cameroon Volcanic Line. The AlIV/AlVI ratios remain high...xenoliths from the CVL. Fig. 1 a Location map of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL). The main geologic features...b Location of Mount Cameroon and other main volcanic centres along the Cameroon Volcanic Line (modified
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Ustica; Lower crust; Enclaves; Amphibole; Rhfnite; Fassaite; Ascent rate 1. Introduction T Corresponding...1997) gives us the possibility to study the root region of the volcano. Located in the southern Tyrrhenian...archipelago) or older (e.g. the sea-mount Anchise, a few km west of Ustica, whose age is 3.6– 5.0 Ma, Savelli, 1988)...(Bousquet and Lanzafame, 1992). As to the source region of magmatism, trace elements patterns and Sr isotopic...and also in the matrix, and – high-Ti, high-Al fassaite (Wo52–54 En30–34 Fs13–17; Mg# = 0.64–0.71; TiO2
 
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