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Biotite from
Pandé massif, Tikar plain, Mayo-Banyo, Adamawa Region, Cameroon


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pandé massif, Tikar plain, Mayo-Banyo, Adamawa Region, Cameroon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645913
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645913:0
GUID (UUID V4):cfe3db01-449c-4474-beea-51ea3c5e752e
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
11.8km (7.3 miles) Mayo Darle Complex, Mayo-Banyo, Adamawa Region, Cameroon
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The mafic mineralogy of the Pandë massif, Tikar plain, Cameroon: implications for a peralkaline affinity...ABSTR ACT The Pandé massif is a small (4.963.4 km) subvolcanic complex of the Cameroon Line striking W ­...in all syenites, trachytes and granites. Rare biotite flakes are encountered in the coarse-grained or...voluminous Mayo Darlé granite bodies crystallized. K EY WORDS : Plutono-volcanism, Pandé, Tikar plain, Cameroon...of the Cameroon Line are more abundant, relatively in its middle part, between Foumban and Banyo (Fig.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
larger Quiriri Pluton, which consists of subalkalic biotite (± hornblende) syenogranites, and associated volcanics...units within the massive facies, as well as the biotite syenogranites from the Quiriri Pluton. Typical...note inclusions of fluorite and quartz in the core region. (C) Arfvedsonite crystals interstitial to quartz...BSE) surrounded by bright yellowish-green (lighter region in BSE image) intermediate and rim zones. Compositional...flatter, though with some dispersion in the HREE region, which may be related to the low measured concentrations
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
post-magmatic sodic amphibole and Al-poor (“tetrasilicic”) biotite. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords:...amphiboles (Hoshino, 1986) in association with Al-poor biotite (Czamanske and Dillet, 1988). 2. Local geology...were 15 kV, 20 nA and 5 μm for both amphibole and biotite. Maximum pulse integration times were between 10...estimates as originally recommended by Schumacher. For biotite, all Fe is presented as Fe2+, and formulae were...1984); 4 — Mulanje (Platt and Woolley, 1986); 5 — Pandé (Njonfang and Moreau, 2000); 6 — Puklen (Marks et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition of the lower crust of the forearc in this region. Triassic granitoids with minor gabbros occur as...that the Triassic magmatism in today's forearc region could have been generated in a suprasubduction...plagioclase, clinopyroxene, amphibole and minor olivine, biotite and orthopyroxene. Fayalite granitoids are medium-grained...In both granitoids and gabbros, amphibole and biotite are late magmatic minerals. Medium-grained fayalite-free...quartz, potassic feldspar, plagioclase and minor biotite. The suite of hybrid rocks consists of tonalite
Report (issue)
Hanley, Terry M. Seward, and Frederik Reutten 9. Cameroon Line alkaline magmatism (central Africa): A reappraisal...fingerprints of mantle metasomatism beneath Nyos volcano (Cameroon volcanic line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...14. New 40Ar-39Ar ages and petrogenesis of the Massif d’Ambre volcano, northern Madagascar . . . . ....propagation into the southern Tyrrhenian backarc region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....among the volcanic provinces of the Saharan zone, Cameroon volcanic line, Angola and Namibia, and the East
 
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