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Magnetite from
Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1418357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1418357:7
GUID (UUID V4):1c975fde-6027-4334-86fd-5fb12056bfbd
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Cantera de La Esfinge, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
MogĂĄn, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Roque Nublo, Tejeda, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘCantera de La Esfinge, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands, Spain
79.9km (49.6 miles) ⓘPunta de los Organos quarry, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘMontaña Ayosa, Arafo, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
86.8km (54.0 miles) ⓘNepheline outcrop, Taganana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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variation of the earth magnetic ïŹeld at the Canary Islands over the last 15 ka C. Kissel a,∗ , A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez... Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain c Institute of Earth...ICTJA-CSIC, Sole i Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain d DĂ©partement de GĂ©osciences, Ecole Normale SupĂ©rieure...lava ïŹ‚ows located at Tenerife and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). One ïŹ‚ow is a historical one (1706...with the data previously published from the Canary Islands but only covering the last 500 yr. Comparison
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variations: Contribution from the low latitude Canary Islands site C. Kissel a,∗ , C. Laj a,b , A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez... Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain d Institute of Earth...ICTJA-CSIC, Sole i Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...ïŹeld intensity paleosecular variation Holocene Canary Islands a b s t r a c t New absolute paleomagnetic...37 lava ïŹ‚ows located at Tenerife and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). They complete previously published
Book
The Geology of the Canary Islands The Geology of the Canary Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo Honorary...Honorary Emeritus Professor, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Valentin R. Troll Chair in Petrology...MPS Limited, Chennai, India Foreword The Canary Islands are highly popular with tourists, yet relatively...brings up to date and extends the earlier “Canary Islands” publication by Carracedo and Day, which appeared...growth, and erosion of these fascinating volcanic islands. The opening chapter provides an overview of the
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Schmincke Multi-stage magma ascent beneath the Canary Islands: evidence from ÂŻuid inclusions Received: 30...basaltic rocks from Gran Canaria, La Palma, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Gomera (Canary Islands) contain abundant...at well-deÂźned magma stagnation levels. For Gran Canaria, pressure estimates for early inclusions in...Lanzarote. The highest-density ÂŻuid inclusions in many Canary Island mantle xenoliths have probably survived...xenolith entrainment. Inclusion data from all islands indicate ponding of basaltic magmas at Moho or
Book
FĂ­sica-GeologĂ­a University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain Managing Editor Sebastian...Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface The Canary Islands Archipelago, offshore of the northwestern coast...of 20 million years. This 600-km-long chain of islands (total population *2 million), with their beautiful...reaching the highest elevation in the Canaries and Spain. Moreover, if its height is measured relative to...processes that underpin the evolution of volcanic islands, complementing other volcanic properties such as
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Post-Caldera, Tejeda Intrusive Complex, Gran Canaria (Canary Islands): Insights from Mineralogy, and O- and...volcaniclastic deposits of the Miocene Tejeda caldera on Gran Canaria host an 12 km diameter intrusive complex comprising...(1508C) meteoric waters. KEY WORDS: cone sheets; Gran Canaria; hydrothermal alteration; intrusive complexes;...T I NG The Canary Archipelago is a NE^SW-trending alignment of seven volcanic ocean islands located 100^700...Carracedo et al., 1998). Gran Canaria (28800’N, 15835’W), one of the central islands of the archipelago, comprises
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the Northeast volcanic rift zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands F.M. Deegan a, b,⁎, V.R. Troll a, c, A.K. Barker...Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain d Department...2012 Editor: L. Reisberg Keywords: Tenerife Ocean islands Volcanic rift zones O–Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes Crustal...both the Miocene Central Shield and the Pliocene Las Cañadas central volcano suggests that the central...growth. They have been well studied in the Canary Islands, particularly with respect to their structural
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UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, 35017 LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN 4 DEPARTMENT...differentiation models for magmas erupted on oceanic islands and is increasingly recognized (e.g. Thirlwall...origin of abundant felsic volcanism in oceanic islands has long been a matter of debate. In a setting...regional tectonic influences and, for most ocean islands, extensive sedimentary sequences, it has commonly...respect to ocean islands, Schmincke (1969) identified a Bunsen^Daly gap in Gran Canaria, as did Ridley
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Abstract. La Palma is the northwestern island in the Canary archipeIago. The island is volcani- cally active...to t h e n o r t h w e s t of t h e o t h e r islands of t h e C a n a r y archipelago (Fig. 1). L a...Roques. Inset map shows the location of the Canary Islands origin of the parental magma, or magmas, from...because the eastern islands are underlain by continental crust, whilst the western islands have evolved on...or fault is believed to lie between the islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Fig. 1). This fault
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shield stage lavas from the central and western Canary Islands: Insights into mantle and crustal processes...January 2006; accepted 14 February 2006 Abstract The Canary plume is one of the few plumes that can be traced...the subaerial shield stage lavas erupted on Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma because these...higher (up to 11.8) Zr/Y ratios in the lavas from Gran Canaria. This observation, as well as systematically...given MgO in the Gran Canaria lavas, as compared with those from other Canary Islands, imply melting of
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mineral chevkinite in comenditic magmas from Gran Canaria, Spain: a SYXRF-probe study Received: 17 July 2001...recognised previously in Miocene ignimbrites from Gran Canaria, and in correlative oïŹ€shore syn-ignimbrite turbidites...1966; Colorado/ USA, Izett and Wilcox 1968; Gran Canaria/Spain, Schmincke 1976; New South Wales/Australia...setting Gran Canaria, ca. 200 km oïŹ€ the NW African coast, is one of the central islands of the Canary ocean...Schmincke 1993). The Miocene basaltic shield of Gran Canaria (ca.14– 15 Ma) is overlain by about 20 peralkaline
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for the 1971 Teneguía eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands Abigail K. Barker1 · Valentin R. Troll1,2 ·...2 GEOVOL, Universidad de Las Palmas, 35017 La Palmas Gran Canaria, Spain the magmas had already crystallised...Thermobarometry · Magma plumbing · La Palma · Canary Islands Introduction La Palma and the neighbouring...Hierro are the westernmost islands of the Canary archipelago (Fig. 1). Both islands are active volcanoes with...Palma is historically the most active of the Canary Islands with relatively frequent eruptions from the
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(1970) The Petrology of the Las Canadas Volcanoes, Tenerife, Canary Islands WILLIA1V[IA~ffI~IDLEY Department...seven Tertiary to Recent volcanic islands that make up the Canary Archipelago. The island is composed...e assemblage that eharacterises many Atlantic islands. The most voluminous development of intermediate...volcanics has been in the centre of the island where the Las Canadas volcanoes arose upon a basement shield composed...Complex exposed in Las Canadas, together with the Viejo and Teide volcanoes, comprise the Las Canadas volcanoes
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sulphide-mineralization in the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera (Canary Archipelago, Spain) Received: 29 January...complexes of Tenerife and La Gomera (Canary Archipelago, Spain) are formed by nepheline syenites and...represent part of the oldest magmatic episodes in both islands. This work presents new studies of the petrographic...and veins displaying a simple paragenesis of magnetite, ilmenite, pyrite and pyrrhotite, in association...and unique as they are the only places on the islands (Fig. 1) where such intrusive rocks can be sampled
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and Fataga formations, Tejeda Volcano, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands: mineral chemistry, intensive parameters...and Fataga formations on the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, represent a sequence of approximately...anorthoclase + edenitic amphibole + ilmenite + magnetite +_augite_+ hypersthene + apatite + pyrrhotite...~ C). Unit Pl has an oxygen isotope feldspar-magnetite temperature (850 ~ C) very close to its Fe-Ti...and base. Calculations using the reaction 1/3 magnetite+SiO2 (melt)=ferrosilite+ 1 / 6 0 z indicate total
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interactions in the basal complex of La Gomera, Canary Islands A. DemĂ©ny & R. Casillas & E. Hegner & T. W...rocks of the Basal Complex of La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, were studied by means of major and trace...Astrofisico Fco. SĂĄnchez, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain E. Hegner Department fĂŒr Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften...volcanic edifices are known from several islands of the Canary archipelago and provide information on the...been assumed for volcanic rocks of several Canary islands (Thirwall et al. 1997; Hansteen and Troll 2003)
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USA, (Henry et al., 2017) and Ignimbrite ‘A’, Gran Canaria (Troll and Schmincke, 2002); 3) the pantellerite...mt = magnetite, ilm = ilmenite, ap = apatite. Oxygen fugacity key: QFM = quartz-fayalite-magnetite buffer...Ignimbrite ‘A’ oceanic hotspot Tejeda caldera (Gran Canaria, Spain) 13.6 ka 30 km3 trachyte to rhyolite ...QFM-0.5 740–900 oceanic hotspot Las Cañadas caldera (Tenerife, Spain) 268 ka 3.5 km3 phonolite Afsp...crystals Abrigo oceanic hotspot Las Cañadas caldera (Tenerife, Spain) 180 ka 20 km3 phonolite anorth
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Fuerteventura in the easternmost part of the Canary Islands: evidence from gabbroic xenoliths Received:...paper were collected in northern Fuerteventura, the Canary Island located closest to the coast of Africa....relatively recent, and is thus associated with the Canary Islands magmatism. Our data contradict the hypothesis...among gabbro xenoliths from the islands of La Palma (western Canary Islands) and Lanzarote. The compositions...compositions of the most depleted samples from these islands are closely similar, implying that there was no
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from Pleistocene ash layers north and south of Gran Canaria (ODP Leg 157) Received: 8 April 1997 / Accepted:...resulted from submarine eruptions northeast of Gran Canaria, glasses at Site 954 represent mostly volcaniclastic...shallow water submarine and subaerial eruptions on Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and glasses deposited at Site...responsibility: J. Hoefs Introduction The Canary Islands represent a classical example of oceanic intraplate...eruptive histories exceeding 15 million years in many islands (Schmincke 1982, 1993; Hoernle and Schmincke 1993a)
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HIMU-type mantle beneath El Hierro and La Palma, Canary Islands James M.D. Day a,b,⇑, D. Graham Pearson b,...De Canarias, CSIC, 38206, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain b Received 9 February 2010; accepted in revised...alkalic lavas from La Palma and El Hierro (Canary Islands) have been characterized for their O–Sr–Nd–Os–Pb...in the garnet stability ïŹeld (P110 km). Western Canary Island lavas were sulphur undersaturated with estimated... 0.39 ± 0.30 Re. These estimates indicate that Canary Island alkali basalts have lower Os, Ir and Ru
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in the carbonatites of Fuerteventura ĆŸCanary Islands, Spain /: a C, O, H isotope study A. Demeny ÂŽ b a...Astrofisico Fco. Sanchez, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain ÂŽ c Institut fur Tubingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tubingen...Abstract Fuerteventura—the second largest of the Canary Islands consists of Mesozoic sediments, submarine volcanic...Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Canary Islands; Carbonatite; Stable isotopes; Sediment assimilation...island complexes: Cape Verde and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. The magmatic activity of the ) Corresponding
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the Mogan and lower Fataga Formations, Gran Canada, Canary Islands: temporal changes in mantle source composition...Hogarzales, Mogan, and Fataga Formations, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. The aims are to constrain petrogenetic...nearly constant at 0.512913 ± 15. The source of Gran Canaria magmas is heterogeneous on small scales of both...late-stage shield magmas on Gran Canaria. 1. Introduction Oceanic islands offer the potential to reveal...Earth's mantle. Many isotopic studies of oceanic islands have been regional in scope, often including only
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Xenoliths from the Alkalic Rocks of Teneriffe, Canary Islands G. D. Bo~L~.Y, P. SUDD~Y, a n d P. SCOTT Geology...Pedro Gil region; nepheline-syenite xenoliths in the Las Canadas and Vilaflor regions where intermediate and...exposed plutonic basement rocks from other Canary Islands, which are believed to have similar sub-crustal...h o s e of alkalic t y p e , of t h e oceanic islands; W h i t e (1966) a n d K u n o (1969) on mafic...n o l i t h s f r o m t h e S. A t l a n t i c islands of Gough a n d T r i s t a n d a C u n h a ; Bennell
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U-depleted rhyolite from a basanite at El Hierro, Canary Islands Olgeir Sigmarsson ‱ Didier Laporte ‱ Marion...alkaline magma suites, which characterize the Canary Islands. The October 2011 submarine eruption off El...element concentrations are typical of the western Canary Island basanites. In contrast, the trace element...CSIC, LLuis Sole Sabaris s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Magma suites, or series of rock compositions from...1998; Hirschmann et al. 2003). At many oceanic islands, such as the Canaries, volcanism produces one or
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magmas of Miocene shield basalts of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands): constraints from crystal, melt and...units of the Miocene shield volcanics on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, contain olivine and clinopyroxene phenocrysts...supports the plume concept of origin of the Canary Islands. Introduction Intraplate volcanism is an important...deep-seated mantle processes. Gran Canaria, located in the center of the Canary Island chain, is well suited...clinopyroxene of the Miocene shield basalts of Gran Canaria. Data from high-temperature microthermometric
 
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