Leucite from
Pilanesberg Mountain, Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex, Moses Kotane Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, South Africa

Locality type:

Mountain

Classification

Species:

Leucite

Formula:

K(AlSi₂O₆)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

263266

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:263266:7

GUID (UUID V4):

ecfe9102-f015-4e7d-823a-858a96a0b27f

Nearest other occurrences of Leucite

0.0km (0.0 miles)

References

Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Klein, Cornelis, Philpotts, A. R. (2013) Earth Materials* (1st ed.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.**	Book (edition)
	Quartz and silica polymorphs 7.8 Nepheline 7.9 Leucite 7.10 Sodalite 7.11 Enstatite 7.12 Pigeonite 7.13...igneous bodies: dikes, sills, laccoliths, cone sheets, ring dikes, and diatremes 9.2.2 Plutonic igneous bodies:...flood basalts and large igneous provinces 9.4.4 Alkaline igneous rocks associated with continental rift...lead to an improved visual understanding of the complex three-dimensional atomic arrangements of minerals...be the graveyard of subducted slabs. This is a complex layer, but toward its base is a 5 km to 40 km-thick
	*Klein, Cornelis, Philpotts, A. R. (2017) Earth Materials* (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.**	Book (edition)
	Quartz and silica polymorphs 7.8 Nepheline 7.9 Leucite 7.10 Sodalite 7.11 Enstatite 7.12 Pigeonite 7...Basalt System: Diopside–Albite–Anorthite 8.9.9 More Complex Phase Diagrams 8.10 Rates of Geologic Processes...Igneous Bodies: Dikes, Sills, Laccoliths, Cone Sheets, Ring Dikes, and Diatremes 10.2.2 Plutonic Igneous Bodies:...Flood Basalts and Large Igneous Provinces 10.4.4 Alkaline Igneous Rocks Associated with Continental Rift...lead to an improved visual understanding of the complex three-dimensional atomic arrangements of minerals

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