Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Quartz from
Albera Massif, Europe


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Albera Massif, Europe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:226195
Long-form Identifier:1:3:226195:9
GUID (UUID V4):1467725c-8c71-4d31-b169-fdfdecc26a15
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in a late orogenic transpressional setting, Albera Massif, NE Iberia: implications for the geodynamic...Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Albera Massif (Eastern Pyrenees) were subject to low-pres...at the bottom of the metamorphic series of the massif reached peak metamorphic conditions of 4.5 kbar...metamorphism. The Palaeozoic Variscan Orogen of western Europe (Matte, 1991) is a well-documented example of a...Druguet, 2001). Owing to excellent exposures, the Albera Massif is one of the Pyrenean occurrences that offers
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Generation of Hercynian igneous rocks of the Albera Massif (Eastern Pyrenees) M. Vilàa,T, C. Pinb, P....petrogenesis of the Hercynian magmatic rocks of the Albera Massif (eastern Pyrenees) is investigated in this work...metamorphic and igneous evolution documented in the Albera Massif bears strong similarities with those described...and Oxburgh, 1987; Roberts et al., 2000). The Albera Massif, located in the easternmost Pyrenees (Fig. 1)...SEBASTIAN CR PAU CS PAMPLONA PERPINYA Albera Massif JACA Silurian to Carboniferous sequences (low
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
© Springer-Verlag 1995 Printed in Austria The Albera zoned pegmatite field, Eastern Pyrenees, France...pegmatite feld in the eastern sector of the Albera Massif. Type I is represented by barren pegmatites...b - T a oxide minerals; and type IV, muscovite-quartz-albite pegmatites are highly mineralized with Be...dans le champ pegmatitique zon6 du secteur est du Massif des Alb6res (Pyr6n6es Orientales, France). Celles...rare-element pegmatite field in the Cap de Creus massif having no clear relationship with granitic plutons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tectonic events. The study of granitic pegmatites in Europe is gaining interest because these highly fractionated... In Europe rare-element granitic pegmatites are abundant in the Variscan terrains (French Massif Central...Central, Iberian Massif, Moldanubian domains of Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany). The Cap de Creus...Druguet et al. (2014) that dated a granodiorite and a quartz diorite intrusion, geochronology of the Variscan...synchronous with the emplacement of a syntectonic quartz diorite from the Tudela migmatitic complex dated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pyrenees: U–Pb SHRIMP zircon data from the CanigĂł massif Josep M. Casas a,⁎, Pedro Castiñeiras b, Marina...CanigĂł massif Eastern Pyrenees a b s t r a c t New geochronological data from the CanigĂł massif (Eastern...in the Cap de Creus massif and the Mas Blanc gneiss in the Roc de Frausa massif, Fig. 1), are related...of antiformal massifs (CanigĂł, Roc de Frausa and Albera gneisses, Fig. 1). This Early Ordovician magmatism...that crop out in the central part of the CanigĂł massif and ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +34 934021388
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of orogenic middle crust of the Roc de Frausa Massif (Eastern Pyrenees): a result of horizontal crustal...different structural levels of the Roc de Frausa Massif in the Eastern Pyrenees. The preVariscan lithological...extensively preserved in central and southwestern Europe. In the Pyrenees, pre-Variscan and Variscan rocks...the Variscan orogeny (Fig. 1a). The Roc de Frausa Massif is located in the Eastern Pyrenees where the deepest...rocks of the massif form a distinctive geological ensemble with the easternmost Albera massif. They are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
19 bimodal magmatism, 873 biotite, 439 Bohemian Massif, 19, 781 Caledonides, 129 calibration, 497 Capricorn...deformation, 461 deformation mechanism, 97 Dora-Maira Massif, 587 dual origin, 873 Early Palaeozoic, 285 East...projection, 587 Pyrenees, 321 pyroxene, 37 quartz, 461 quartz vein, 267 rare earth element, 245 Rayner...alteration, 383 subduction, 225 subduction of the Europe continental margin, 529 subduction zone, 363 subduction...of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan, 117 Beane, R. J. see Hawkins, A. T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
last decades a standard for correlation in western Europe and northwest Africa. Similar gaps involving the...Sardic-style geodynamic events in Morocco, the Iberian Massif, the eastern Pyrenees, southern France and the...the Moroccan Anti-Atlas (except in the El Graara massif of the central Anti-Atlas; Destombes et al. 1985)...defined in the Central-Iberian Zone of the Iberian Massif (Hammann et al. 1982; Ribeiro et al. 13 1990;...key problems selected from Morocco, the Iberian Massif, the eastern Pyrenees, South France and Sardinia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
, from Early to Late Ordovician. In the CanigĂł massif, peraluminous monzogranitic and granodioritic metaigneous...the Eastern Pyrenees, CanigĂł, Roc de Frausa and Albera (Fig 1), are gneiss domes with an upper Neoproterozoic-lower...only described in a few localities of the Iberian massif (Murphy et al., 2008; NU Dias da Silva et al...orthogneiss and a coeval amphibolite sill from the CanigĂł massif. Our main objective is to determine the duration...neighboring areas, SC RI P T such as the Iberian Massif and other peri-Mediterranean massifs. 2. Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambrian metasedimentary sequence in the CanigĂł massif (Eastern Pyrenees). Aluminous orthogneisses have...the Late Ordovician sequence in the Les Gavarres massif (Catalan Coastal Ranges). TDM ages for all the...magmatic rocks of the Central and Western Iberian Massif suggest repeated melt extractions from a common...1. Variscan massifs in southwestern and central Europe with the location of Figs. 2 and 3 (stars). CZ...the Pyrenees (CanigĂł massif) and the Catalan Coastal Ranges (Les Gavarres massif). We discuss the signiïŹcance
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gradually to (iii) a blocky K-feldspar plus blocky quartz unit, with minor muscovite, albite and beryl; (iv)...with dominant albite (grains up to 10 mm), minor quartz, muscovite and relatively common Nb,Ta-oxide minerals;...dominant albite (grains ~ 0.1 mm), subordinate quartz, minor garnet, accessory beryl (aquamarine) and...vugs lined with crystals of albite, K-feldspar, quartz, late muscovite and carrying several accessory...eastern Pyrenees (Alfonso et al., 1995); b) Albera massif, eastern Pyrenees (MallĂł et al., 1995); c) Bavaria
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
km Aston Hospitalet Gavarnie Lys-Caillaouas Albera Cap de Creus MLA Neoproterozoic-Carboniferous... Soldeu cd fault ldeu-Lanou So Va 42°35’ Massif u rd sill in in d lira el Nord ain Sp +c...l in Ax Granite M in sil y d un Un ar Massif La cd in + cd de in M Ariù ge M 42°40’...= muscovite, pl = plagioclase, py = pyrope, q = quartz, sill = sillimanite, spss = spessartine, st = staurolite...represented by fine-grained chlorite-muscovite-quartz slates with a subvertical continuous cleavage.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
plutonic rocks and migmatites from the Cap de Creus massif (Eastern Pyrenees) in order to constrain the timing...Palaeozoic time. Zircons from a deformed syntectonic quartz diorite from the northern Cap de Creus Tudela migmatitic...southern area of lowest metamorphic grade of the massif has been dated at 290.8 ± 2.9 Ma. All the analysed...occurred synchronously with the emplacement of the quartz dioritic magmas at c. 299 Ma. Thus, the results...from NE Iberia, it follows that the Cap de Creus massif would represent a zone of intense localization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of these structures, running from the Bohemian Massif to Morocco along the axis of the SVB, is supposed... 2013). Deep seismic profiles through Variscan Europe show an average Moho depth of about 35–40 km...Corsica–Sardinia block (Finetti, 2005) and for central Europe (Guy et al., 2011) suggest a present-day 17–22-km-thick...structural data and PT paths from the southwestern Massif Central (Variscan Belt, France). Journal of Structural...the Thiviers-Payzac Unit in the Variscan French Massif Central. Lithos 98, 210–232. Echtler, H. and Malavieille
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
boundary migration in quartz can be seen (Fig. 3a). Shape-preferred orientation of quartz produces a weak foliation...atiz atio n Riete Gnioure iùg e Ax-lesThermes Massif As ROG 467 Ma ton LOG 545 Ma (magmatic) 325...and marble Silurian-Devonian metasediments (Aston massif) Silurian black slate G kilometres on ne B’...opaques, Or = orthoclase, Pl = plagioclase, Qtz = quartz, Sil = sillimanite, Tur = tourmaline, Zo = zoisite...boundary migration and shape-preferred orientation of quartz, and plagioclase pressure twinning. (Fig. 3e).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BallÚvre et al., 2009 and references therein), central Europe (Narebski et al., 1986; Furnes et al., 1989; Dörr...represented by the autochthonous sequences of the Iberian Massif (Fig. 1a). Some of the boundaries of the major...NW Iberia (e.g. Gómez Barreiro et al., 2007) and Europe (e.g. BallÚvre et al., 2009) during the Variscan...association with alkaline and peralkaline granites and quartz syenites. The granodiorites show gradual transitions...phengite, jadeite, and granoblastic plagioclase), quartz, biotite, and minor quantities of Kfeldspar, allanite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in ultramaïŹc xenoliths from western and central Europe. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 1....nature of the mantle under western and central Europe, by characterising the geochemistry of peridotite...Scotland (Downes et al., 2001) and in the French Massif Central (FĂ©mĂ©nias et al., 2004). In central Spain...lithospheric mantle enrichment in western and central Europe have been envisaged when studying several suites...for the Gb1 Variscan basic rocks from the Gredos Massif (Fig. 1). On the other hand, Bea et al. (1999)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
last stages of the Hercynian orogeny in southern Europe were characterized by the emplacement of large...NG The Peloritani Mountains and the Aspromonte Massif are located in northeastern Sicily and southern...of the neo-Tethyan continental margin of either Europe (Ogniben, 1973; Bouillin et al., 1986; Knott, 1987)...1992). The Peloritani Mountains and the Aspromonte Massif are composed of a pile of south-verging Alpine...cataclastic to mylonitic rocks. The Aspromonte Massif consists of three crystalline tectonic units (Crisci
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
placed between the Corsica-Sardinia and the Bohemian Massif along the northern margin of Gondwana. In this...i.e. the proximal, relatively stable margin of Europe (Lemoine et al., 1986; Decarlis et al., 2013)....Distribution of the main Variscan basements in Europe and (b) in the Western/Central Alps (modiïŹed after...while the Briançonnais basements (i.e. the Nucetto massif) are constituted only by the younger orthogneisses...dismembering in several basement units. Savona Massif constrain the age of the granites (now orthogneisses
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gondwana. While western terranes (e.g., Armorican Massif, Saxo–Thuringian Zone, Ossa–Morena Zone) display...Recent studies on metagranites from the Iberian Massif highlighted differences in the age of felsic alkaline–peralkaline...area. RI P 2. Geological setting The Iberian Massif has been subdivided into several zones with the...The main Tenzuela outcrop SC defines a complex massif with local compositional layering (Villaseca, 1983)...transformed to green amphibole and chlorite (Fig. 2d). Quartz is interstitial, microgranular, and displays a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Two-stage Variscan metamorphism in the Canigou massif: evidence for crustal thickening in Accepted Article...Ordovician augen orthogneiss in the core of the Canigou massif (Eastern Pyrenees, France) reveal the presence...thickening has not yet been documented. In the Canigou massif (Figure 1b), a previous petrological study of garnet-staurolite-...however, through heating and decompression (BossĂČst massif, Mezger & Passchier, 2003; AlbĂšres, VilĂ  et al...MartĂ­nez, 2018). Partial melting in the Roc de France massif is poorly constrained by U-Pb ages on zircon from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wokensala plutons in west Junggar and Kharlovsk massif in Russian Altay, have relatively low saturation...origin of Hercynian granodiorites and monzogranites, Massif Central, France. Chemical Geology 136, 99–122....Messum igneous complex, Namibia. Part II: voluminous quartz latite volcanism of the Awahab magma system. Journal...thermal event in the northern part of the French Massif Central: new 40Ar/39Ar and Rb–Sr isotopic constraints...Hu, Y.Z., 2010. Composition of spinels, spinel-quartz association and mineral reactions from ultrahigh-temperature
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Continental subduction a b s t r a c t The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence...of Variscan crust occur in central and western Europe and parts of Morocco and Algeria to the north of...Traditionally, the Variscides of central and western Europe have been regarded as the key areas of this orogen...developed – was established around the Bohemian Massif. Because of obvious similarities in stratigraphy...deformation front to the north of the Anglo-Brabant Massif. Stippled white lines: External limit of Late Variscan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carboniferous metasediments (figure 2). The Neouvielle massif is a late-Carboniferous granodioritic pluton with...Lesponne sensu strico in the west and the Aygue-Rouye massif in M the east. However, the continuity of the...respectively. The light-type granodiorite contains quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar, rare biotite and rare... AC The dark-type granodiorite is composed of quartz, plagioclase, K-feldspar, biotite, hornblende,...plagioclase, K-feldspar, biotite, amphibole and rare quartz. It is affected by a foliation (figure 3a) parallel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granofels of biotite–muscovite–quartz–plagioclase–sillimanite, quartz– biotite–cordierite–plagioclas...scovite(–sillimanite) and plagioclase–biotite– quartz–sillimanite–muscovite–cordierite combined with...typical M2 assemblage consisting of sericite–chlorite–quartz–plagioclase–biotite observed in schists (Sheppard...across the outcrop with zones of mylonitisation, quartz veining and brecciation and zones with preserved...typical mineral assemblage consists of K-feldspar, quartz, muscovite and plagioclase with ~25% ferromagnesian
 
and/or  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 10, 2024 12:25:21
Go to top of page