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Augite from
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1108636
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1108636:1
GUID (UUID V4):53a978d9-407b-4fee-a006-f5957d6d50d7
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Springer-Verlag1985 Petrology and geochemistry of Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean A.N. Baxter 1, B.G.J. Upton...Postfach 3060, D-6500 Mainz, FRG Abstract. Rodrigues Island is composed of a differentiated series of...an unusual degree of uniformity in Indian Ocean island sources. A small group of lavas with strong H R...refractory residua. Introduction Rodrigues, the easternmost of the Mascarene Island group of the western Indian...halfway between the Mid-Indian ocean ridge and Mauritius, at 19 ~ 4 2 ' S and 63 ~ 25' E. It forms the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
petrology of lavas from the submarine ¯anks of Reunion Island (western Indian Ocean): implications for magma...the ¯anks of Reunion island are reported. The submarine basalts of the island have major and trace element...agreement with the thickness of the plate beneath the island. Lavas from both Reunion volcanoes have similar...(Albarede et al., 1997). The subaerial volcanism of the island is well sampled and described, but little is known...rock samples from the submarine ¯ank of Reunion Island in order to determine possible differences between
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(Anso)' less than 5% olivine phenocrysts and some augite phenocrysts. RC flows, in contrast, have a coarsegrained...6S )' more than 5% olivine phenocrysts. and lack augite phenocrysts. AB flows tend to have higher A1 20...the normal matrix of plagioclase, clinopyroxene (augite and pigeonite), and opaques with variable proportions...complex of ocean-derived rock suites dominated by island arcs, ophiolites, and sediments derived from these...fewer olivine phenocrysts. Some flows also contain augite phenocrysts and a few flows of Grande Ronde Basalt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to 1.42). This feature is not observed in modern island-arc tholeiites or MORB, but characterizes some...relatively low abundances in Y, compared to modern island-arc calc-alkaline rocks, suggest the presence of...have demonstrated that the average Nb/Ta ratio of island arc rocks approximates 16 and is similar to other...anomalies typical of Phanerozoic tholeiites erupting in island-arc or back-arc basins (e.g. Hochstaeder et al...and hydrous melts coexisting with plagioclase, augite, and olivine or low-Ca pyroxene from 1 arm to 8
Report (volume)
eve ote ». Notice of a Mud Eruption is the Island of Cheduba,—By F. R. Manis, ¥.G.8., Geological...Geological Survey of India Biulunerged Forest on Bombay island. Antrrions, 70.ras Lasuany sts Sea eee 81)...ove 154 Note on some Mammalian Fossils from Perim Island,i» the collection of the Bombay Branch of the...hypothesis, would seem to have con- stituted an island during the earlier silurian period, to have been...the supposition that this gneiss remained as an island during the deposition of the supposed cambrian
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this is known as a constructive margin. 2. Where island arcs, trenches and fold mountain belts occur there...not strong and the idea of compressive folding Island arcs', these are a characteristic of the western...islands, the inner arc usually being volcanic. Island arcs differ in complexity down as it is found...around the Pacific Ocean. In fact behind some of the island arcs, back arc basins have subsidiary spreading...common, only being found in association with the island arcs of the West Indies and the South Sandwich
Book (edition)
Ireland Tourist Board) Figure 1.2 Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, west of Mull, Scotland. (Paul Pepper...responsible for the Murchison earth¬ quake of 1929, South Island, New Zealand. The uplifted block rose about 5 metres...the generation of igneous activity; a volcanic island arc is formed. On the other hand if one of the...Amphiboles (mainly hornblende) Pyroxenes (mainly augite) - Olivine - 7.6 Calcite and dolomite - ...Characteristic examples NESOSILICATES or Island Silicates (Gr. nesos, an island) Separate Si04 tetrahedra, held
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subfiles E and N. See symposia. Ada County Adak Island In central part of Aleutian SW of Alaska Peninsula...Australia Australia SA geosynclines Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn...Islands aegerine use aegirine Aegina Town and island in Saronic Gulf. BT Sterea Ellas Greece aegirine...waste disposal Agto Fishing settlement on small island in Davis Strait. BT Greenland Arctic region SA...BT Gulf of Mexico Alae Crater Kilauea volcano on island of Hawaii. BT Hawaii United States SA Kilauea
Report (issue)
Terranes in Southern New Brunswick and Cape Breton Island, Canada ........................ S. M. Barr and...Transition from Granitoids in Southeastern Rhode Island ... 1.0.0.0... 000 cbc ccc eee C. I. Mancuso, A...Carolina: Insights into the Development of an Evolving Island Arc .... 2.6.0.0... .0 0c cee A. J. Dennis and...depositional sequences that can be recognized from Rhode Island to southern England. Develop- ment of sequence...related peri-Gondwanan successions in Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia) and southern New Brunswick by Barr
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U.S. BA United States NA Columbia Kentucky Adak Island In central part of Aleutian Islands SW of Alaska...Australia SA geosynclines SA Stuart Shelf Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn...Islands aegerine use aegirine Aegina Town and island in Saronic Gulf. BT Sterea Ellas BT Greece aegirine...international cooperation Agto Fishing settlement on small island in Davis Strait. BT Greenland BT Arctic region...Gulf of Mexico Alae Crater On Kilauea Volcano on island of Hawaii. Autoposting of broader terms to this
 
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