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Nepheline from
Mt Melbourne, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mt Melbourne, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1451013
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1451013:3
GUID (UUID V4):62a45619-99f5-414f-b810-5d2d8b4260ed
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘMonteagle complex, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘGreene Complex, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a mantle-xenolith from Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Field, Victoria Land, Antarctica Ingrid Hornig and Gerhard...mantle xenolith from a basanite host of the Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Field (Ross Sea Rift) is extraordinary...filled with leucite, plagioclase, clinopyroxene, nepheline, Mg-ilmenite, apatite, titaniferous mica, and...according to the phase assemblage including leucite, nepheline and K-feldspar. Spinel/olivine geothermometry...displacement at the transition from the rifted Victoria Land Basin in the Ross Sea to the uplifted Trans-Antarctic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkalic volcanic lineages at Mount Morning, West Antarctica and their entrained lithospheric mantle xenoliths:...recent, eruptive centre in the Ross Sea, West Antarctica, which is part of the McMurdo Volcanic Group...older (at least 18.7–11.4 Ma), mildly alkalic, nepheline- or quartz-normative Mason Spur Lineage, and the...the younger (at least 6–0.02 Ma), nepheline normative, strongly alkalic Riviera Ridge Lineage evolved...volcanic rocks in Antarctica (Victoria Land – including Mount Morning – and Marie Byrd Land), Zealandia and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sodic suites (Western Ross E m b a y m e n t - Antarctica): crystal chemical characterization and its petrologic...the McMurdo Volcanic Group (Mt. Melbourne province and Mr. Erebus, Antarctica) were investigated by single-crystal...clinopyroxene, X-ray diffraction, site occupancy, Antarctica. Introduction CRYSTAL chemical study of several...from the Mt. Melbourne Province (McMurdo Volcanic Group, Western Ross Embayment, Antarctica). Geological...Geological setting and petrological outlines The Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Province (MMVP) is part of the McMurdo
Report (chapter)
magma in the upper mantle of northern Victoria Land (Antarctica): an experimental approach C. PERINELLI1...mantle of the Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Province (northern Victoria Land (NVL), Antarctica) was investigated...volcanism of the Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Province (northern Victoria Land (NVL), Antarctica) has been related...diopsidic clinopyroxene, feldspar (Ab49Or47An4), nepheline (Ne66 – 70Ks3 – 6Qtz23 – 30) and spinel (magnetite6... clinopyroxene; sp, spinel; ap, apatite; ne, nepheline; suffixes 1 and 2 refer to original and neo-formed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a continental rift setting, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Wesley E. LeMasurier ‱ Sung Hi Choi ‱ Y. Kawachi...Ó Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract The Marie Byrd Land province includes 18 large (up to 1,800 km3) central...fractional crystallization. Keywords Marie Byrd Land dome  Polybaric fractionation  Pantellerite ...is available to authorized users. The Marie Byrd Land (MBL) province lies within the West Antarctic rift...inferred structure (cross-section) of Marie Byrd Land volcanic province and West Antarctic rift. The MBL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cenozoic, mafic alkaline volcanic rocks from West Antarctica Received: 25 May 1993 / Accepted: 4 February...mafic alkaline volcanic rocks throughout West Antarctica (WA) occupy diverse tectonic environments. On...along the Pacific margin of the AP. In Marie Byrd Land (MBL), by contrast, alkaline basaltic volcanism...exposed along the entire Pacific coast of West Antarctica, covering a distance of about 3400 km from the...the Antarctic Peninsula to western-most Marie Byrd Land (Fig. 1). The dominant rock types are mafic alkaline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithospheric mantle in the Ross Sea rift area (Antarctica) Received: 8 August 2005 / Accepted: 11 January...in Cenozoic alkali basalts of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, vary from fertile spinel-lherzolite to...Lithospheric mantle Æ Mantle geotherm Æ Ross Sea Rift Æ Antarctica Introduction Spinel peridotite xenoliths found...Volcanic Group (MMVG), in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, an area of ongoing rifting where magmatism has...Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Embayment-northern Victoria Land (Fig. 1) (Behrendt et al. 1991, 1992; LeMasurier
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1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center 1465 Mt. Vernon Ave. Marion, Ohio 43302 USA mensing.1@osu...camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed on acid-free paper...during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings to mind images of fierce...winds, bone-chilling cold, and utter desolation. Antarctica has the reputation of being a hostile place unfit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
et al. 2005), and the Monte de Trigo agpaitic nepheline microsyenite dykes (Enrich & Ruberti 2003). Barium-rich...banded nepheline-bearing monzogabbros. These rocks contain higher concentrations of nepheline with respect...central intrusion. Inequigranular porphyritic nepheline-bearing melagabbroic rocks with a very fine-grained...varying between nepheline monzodiorites and nepheline-bearing monzodiorites occur in an eastern satellite intrusion...satellite area, nepheline-bearing melamonzonites prevail, with subordinate nepheline-bearing monzonites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Yaxley et al. (1991), and includes samples from Mt Leura and Mt Shadwell. We describe additional samples from...from these localities, as well as from Mt Noorat, Lake Bullenmerri and The Anakies. New samples were selected...Locality: Mt Leura Mt Leura Mt Shadwell Mt Shadwell Mt Leura The Anakies Mt Leura Mt Leura 71004...Locality: Mt Leura Mt Leura Mt Leura Mt Shadwell Mt Shadwell Mt Leura Mt Leura Mt Shadwell Mt Leura...Leura Mt Leura Mineralogy: ApGlSpLhz ApAmPhGlSpLhz ApGlSpLhz CbGlSpWeh CbGlSpWeh ApAmGlSpWeh ApGlSpWeh
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bonate deposit in the circular Monapo Klippe (eastern Mozambique)—a relic of Neoproterozoic nappe thrusted...the Evate magnetite-apatite-carbonate deposit of eastern Mozambique – the largest unexploited apatite deposit...syenite pegmatite (Brþgger 1890; Larsen 1996), nepheline syenite (Platt et al. 1987; Della Ventura et al...are represented by pyrrhotite (po) and magnetite (mt). BSE image in false colors. b Zirconolite rims along...and a thin layer composed of zircon and magnetite (mt). Anh refers to anhydrite. e Thin coating of zirconolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrogenesis of the Rifted Southern Victoria Land Lithospheric Mantle, Antarctica, Inferred from Petrography,...ABSTRACT The lithospheric mantle beneath West Antarctica has been characterized using petrology, wholerock...centre, Southern Victoria Land. The timing of pyroxenite formation in Victoria Land overlaps with subduction...volcanic rocks from Mount Morning, elsewhere in Victoria Land and Zealandia. In general, the harzburgite xenoliths...Morning and –10 6 01 (1r) Dlog fO2 for all of Victoria Land, relative to the fayalite–magnetite–quartz buffer
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Dunedin, New Zealand2 Abstract In the Marie Byrd Land volcanic province, peralkaline and metaluminous...THE LATE CENOZOIC volcanic province in Marie Byrd Land (MBL) lies on the Pacific coast of the West Antarctic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basanitic fragments with or without nepheline, broken nepheline crystals up to 4 cm in length, and altered...websterite (TKI-B), scoriaceous basanite (TKI-ScB), nepheline (TKI-N 2 ), and dike carbonatite (TKI-3) also...24.3 33.0 0.66 0.01 3.13 99.0 0.007 almandine Nepheline, Carbonatite, garnet, TKI-ScB TKI-M2 TKI-3 (dike)...PA-53B Pyrope- 17.1 MB-460 'Also includes nepheline, carbonatite, and pyrope-almandine garnet. Results... 1990). The thickness of continental crust in eastern Syria is 35 to 37 km, as revealed by gravity survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
unclear. The Lherz orogenic lherzolite massif (Eastern French Pyrenees) displays the best occurrence of...veins The orogenic peridotite massif of Lherz, Eastern Pyrenees, is composed of spinel lherzolites enclosing...wt% H2O) basanite (10.6 wt% average normative nepheline; Fabriès et al. 2001). The trace element composition...ilmenite rutile 1 Eastern part (1, 2, 4) 1 ± 0.5 ? (?)e Hornblendite 2 Eastern part (4) ? (?)e...(mol%) ilmenite ultrapotassic veins from the Mt Melbourne volcanic field (Australia; Hornig and Wörner
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks, such as carbonatite, phoscorite, syenite, nepheline syenite, potassic lavas (Mazzi & Munno 1983, Fowler...melted sapphirine granulite, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Mineral. Mag. 58, 259-269. H ARTE , B., W INTERBURN...a mantle xenolith from Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Field, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol...chevkinite and other rare earth minerals from nepheline syenites and peralkaline granites and syenites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkali feldspar (kfs), cristobalite (cr), magnetite (mt) and plagioclase (pl). Note the coarse grain size...feldspar; cr cristobalite; phl phlogopite; ilm ilmenite; mt magnetite; mtx in groundmass; ves in vesicle Ÿlling;...ves cr LO10±1 ves phl LO10-9 ves ilm LO10-6 ves mt 65.17 21.38 0.13 0.59 ± 0.03
...also been observed in zirconolites of the Malawi nepheline syenites (Platt et al. 1987) and in a partially...(MacDonald et al. 1973) and the Suzhou pluton in eastern China (Charoy and Raimbault 1994). MacDonald et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Eudialyte occurs principally in peralkaline nepheline syenite, whereas catapleiite, gittinsite, sabinaite...principally of olivinite, pyroxenite, ijolite, nepheline syenite with minor carbonatite. The carbonatite...soils from the Bukusu carbonatite complex, south-eastern Uganda. Mineralogical Magazine 36, 770–774. Bayanova...melted sapphirine granulite, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica. Mineralogical Magazine 58, 259–269. Heaman,...a mantle xenolith from Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Field, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Contributions to Mineralogy
Report (volume)
magma in the upper mantle of northern Victoria Land (Antarctica): an experimental approach BONADIMAN ...clarifying the 3 geodynamic evolution of the central –eastern European basin and orogen. The area where the Gătaia...spinel lherzolites characterize mantle xenoliths from Mt. Briançon, whereas at Marais de Limagne, amphibole-bearing...alkaline magma on upper mantle of Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica). This is one of the few attempts to experimentally...what has been observed in mantle xenoliths from Antarctica (Coltorti et al. 2004; Perinelli et al. 2006)
Report (issue)
soil carbonates suggest that the climate in the eastern Mojave desert has become warmer and drier since...highly alkalic potassium-rich magmatism at the eastern Baikal Rift System was controlled by a gradual...three geographic sections: western, central and eastern. Data indicate that the western part of the field...the features in this section of the field. The eastern part of this field is an alignment of several cones... Dept. of Earth Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne 3168, Australia In the Aegean, Miocene extension
Report (issue)
Student Dept. of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA E-mail: stude1jj@cmich.edu...inclusions are common in some minerals, such as nepheline, plagioclase (Halter et al. 2004b) and pyroxene...study of melt inclusions in the Khagnilay complex, Eastern Transbaikalia (Russia). Chem. Geol. 210, 113–134...Evidence for a picritic, volatile-rich magma beneath Mt. Shasta, California. J. Petrol. 15, 243–267. BODNAR...hydrothermal system on the modern sea floor of the eastern Manus back-arc basin, western Pacific. Econ. Geol
 
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