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Pyroxene Group from
Kasungu Intrusion, Kasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:'Pyroxene Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:ADSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyroxene Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kasungu Intrusion, Kasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1429167
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1429167:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyroxene Group
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘChipala Intrusion, Kasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘUpper Bua Area, Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘKota-Kota meteorite (Marimba meteorite), Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi
References
Peters, E.R. 1969. The geology of the Kasungu area. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Malawi, 25.
Woolley, A.R., Platt, R.G., Eby, G.N. (1996): Relatively aluminous alkali pyroxene in nepheline syenites from Malawi: mineralogical response to metamorphism in alkaline rocks. The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 423-434.
Bloomfield, K. (1965). A reconnaissance survey of alkaline rocks in the northern and central regions. Records, Geological Survey of Malawi, 5, 17-63.
Eby, G. N., Woolley, A. R., Din, V., Platt, G. (1998) Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Nepheline Syenites: Kasungu-Chipala, Ilomba, and Ulindi Nepheline Syenite Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Malawi. Journal of Petrology, 39 (8) 1405-1424 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.8.1405
Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. The Geological Society of London.p.162
 
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