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Benmoreite from
Boseti Volcanic Complex, East Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia


Locality type:Volcanic Complex
Classification
Type:Benmoreite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Benmoreite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boseti Volcanic Complex, East Shewa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1425035
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1425035:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Benmoreite
80.4km (50.0 miles) ā“˜Chilallo Volcano, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
References
Brotzu, P., & Morbidelli, L., Piccirillo, EM, Traversa, G., 1980: Volcanological and magmatological evidences of Boseti Volcanic Complex (Main Ethiopian Rift). In: Geodynamic evolution of the Afro-Arabic Rift System. Atti dei Convegni dei Lincei. Ace. Naz. dei Lincei. Atti dei Convegni Lincei, 47, 317-366.
Brotzu, P., Morbidelli, L., Piccirillo, E. M., & Traversa, G. (1974). Petrological features of Boseti mountains, a complex volcanic system in the axial portion of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Bulletin Volcanologique, 38(1), 206-234. doi.org/10.1007/BF02597811
Morbidelli, L., Nicoletti, M., Petrucciani, C., & Piccirillo, E. M. (1975). Ethiopian South-Eastern Plateau and related escarpment: K/Ar ages of the main volcanic events (Main Ethiopian Rift from 8Ā° 10ā€™to 9Ā° 00ā€™lat. North). In Afar Depression of Ethiopia (pp. 362-369). Schweizerbart Stuttgart. 362-369.
Carbonin, C., Dal Negro, A., Ganeo, S., Piccirillo, E. M. (1991) Influence of magma composition and oxygen fugacity on the crystal structure of C2/c clinopyroxenes from a basalt-pantellerite suite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 108 (1) 34-42 doi:10.1007/bf00307324
 
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