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Sotavento Islands, Cape Verdei
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Sotavento IslandsGroup of Islands
Cape VerdeCountry

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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Santiago Island

Santiago Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Maio Island

Maio Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Old postcard of the island

Fogo Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Santiago Island

Santiago Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Maio Island

Maio Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Old postcard of the island

Fogo Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Santiago Island

Santiago Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
Type:
Group of Islands
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Praia113,364 (2012)
Cova Figueira15,350 (2013)
Santa Cruz9,488 (2012)
Pedra Badejo9,343 (2013)
São Filipe8,189 (2014)
Assomada7,927 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131989
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131989:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Îles de Sotavento, Cap-Vert
German:
Ilhas de Sotavento, Kap Verde
Italian:
Ilhas do Sotavento, Capo Verde
Portuguese:
Ilhas de Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Simplified Chinese:
背風群島, 佛得角
Spanish:
Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Arabic:
جزر سوتافينتو, الرأس الأخضر
Asturian:
islles de Sotavento, Cabu Verde
Belarusian:
астравы Сатавенту, Каба-Вердэ
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Сатавэнту, Каба-Вэрдэ
Catalan:
illes de Sotavento, Cap Verd
Cebuano:
Ilhas do Sotavento, Cape Verde
Czech:
Sotavento, Kapverdy
Danish:
Sotavento, Kap Verde
Dutch:
Sotavento, Kaapverdië
Estonian:
Tuulealused saared, Roheneemesaared
Farsi/Persian:
جزایر سوتاونتو, کیپ ورد
Finnish:
Sotavento, Kap Verde
Galician:
Illas de Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Hebrew:
סוטאוונטו, כף ורדה
Indonesian:
Kepulauan Sotavento, Tanjung Verde
Japanese:
ソタヴェント諸島, カーボベルデ
Korean:
소타벤투 제도, 카보베르데
Lingua Franca Nova:
Sotavento, Capo Verde
Lithuanian:
Pavėjinės salos, Žaliasis Kyšulys
Low Saxon/Low German:
Ilhas de Sotavento, Kap Verde
Norwegian:
Sotavento, Kapp Verde
Polish:
Wyspy Podwietrzne, Republika Zielonego Przylądka
Scots:
Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
Swedish:
Sotavento, Kap Verde
Traditional Chinese:
背風群島, 維德角
Urdu:
سوتاوینتو جزائر, کیپ ورڈی


The Sotavento Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas de Sotavento, literally, the Leeward Islands) is the southern island group of the Cape Verde archipelago. There are four main islands. The western three islands, Brava, Fogo, and Santiago, are rocky and volcanic agricultural islands, with the longest histories of human habitation. The fourth and easternmost island Maio is a flat desert island whose economy was primarily based on salt, giving it more in common with the Barlavento islands Sal and Boa Vista. The Ilhéus do Rombo are barren islets north of Brava. The total area of the Sotavento Islands is 1,803 km² (696 sq mi).

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ⓘ Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
ⓘ Aegirine-augite
Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
References:
Munhá, J., Mendes, M., Palácios, T., Silva, L. & Torres, P. 1997. Petrologia e Geoquímica da Erupção de 1995 e de outros lavas históricas na Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.
Assunção, C. F. T., Machado, F., & Gomes, R. D. (1965). On the occurrence of carbonatites in the Cape Verde Islands. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal, 16, 179-188.
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Escrig, S., Doucelance, R., Moreira, M., & Allègre, C. J. (2005). Os isotope systematics in Fogo Island: evidence for lower continental crust fragments under the Cape Verde Southern Islands. Chemical Geology, 219(1-4), 93-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.011
Foeken, J. P., Day, S., & Stuart, F. M. (2009). Cosmogenic 3He exposure dating of the Quaternary basalts from Fogo, Cape Verdes: implications for rift zone and magmatic reorganisation. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(1), 37-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.002
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Hildner, E., Klügel, A., & Hauff, F. (2011). Magma storage and ascent during the 1995 eruption of Fogo, Cape Verde Archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162(4), 751-772. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0623-6
ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
References:
Stillman, C. J., Furnes, H., LeBas, M. J., Robertson, A. H. F., & Zielonka, J. (1982). The geological history of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Journal of the Geological Society, 139(3), 347-361. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.139.3.0347
Mitchell, J. G., Le Bas, M. J., Zielonka, J., & Furnes, H. (1983). On dating the magmatism of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64(1), 61-76. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90053-5
Robertson, A. H. F. (1984). Mesozoic deep-water and Tertiary volcaniclastic deposition of Maio, Cape Verde Islands: Implications for Atlantic paleoenvironments and ocean island volcanism. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(4), 433-453. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<433:MDATVD>2.0.CO
Furnes, H., & Stillman, C. J. (1987). The geochemistry and petrology of an alkaline lamprophyre sheet intrusion complex on Maio, Cape Verde Republic. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(2), 227-241. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.2.0227
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'
ⓘ 'Alkali pyroxene'
References:
Mitchell-Thomé, R. C. (1976). Geology of the middle Atlantic islands (Vol. 382). Berlin: Borntraeger.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Hoernle, Kaj, Tilton, George, Le Bas, Mike J., Duggen, Svend, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter (2002) Geochemistry of oceanic carbonatites compared with continental carbonatites: mantle recycling of oceanic crustal carbonate. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142 (5) 520-542 doi:10.1007/s004100100308
Madeira, J., Mata, J., Mourão, C., da Silveira, A. B., Martins, S., Ramalho, R., & Hoffmann, D. L. (2010). Volcano-stratigraphic and structural evolution of Brava Island (Cape Verde) based on 40Ar/39Ar, U–Th and field constraints. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 196(3-4), 219-235. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.010
Mourão, C., Mata, J., Doucelance, R., Madeira, J., da Silveira, A. B., Silva, L. C., & Moreira, M. (2010). Quaternary extrusive calciocarbonatite volcanism on Brava Island (Cape Verde): A nephelinite-carbonatite immiscibility product. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 56(2-3), 59-74. doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.06.003
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Mourão, C., Mata, J., Doucelance, R., Madeira, J., Millet, M. A., & Moreira, M. (2012). Geochemical temporal evolution of Brava Island magmatism: constraints on the variability of Cape Verde mantle sources and on carbonatite–silicate magma link. Chemical Geology, 334, 44-61. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.031
Mourao, C., Moreira, M., Mata, J., Raquin, A., & Madeira, J. (2012). Primary and secondary processes constraining the noble gas isotopic signatures of carbonatites and silicate rocks from Brava Island: evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Cape Verde plume. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 163(6), 995-1009. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0711-7
ⓘ Alum-(Na)
Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
ⓘ Alunogen
Formula: Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5(T8O22)W2
References:
Munhá, J., Mendes, M., Palácios, T., Silva, L. & Torres, P. 1997. Petrologia e Geoquímica da Erupção de 1995 e de outros lavas históricas na Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.
Assunção, C. F. T., Machado, F., & Gomes, R. D. (1965). On the occurrence of carbonatites in the Cape Verde Islands. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal, 16, 179-188.
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Escrig, S., Doucelance, R., Moreira, M., & Allègre, C. J. (2005). Os isotope systematics in Fogo Island: evidence for lower continental crust fragments under the Cape Verde Southern Islands. Chemical Geology, 219(1-4), 93-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.011
Foeken, J. P., Day, S., & Stuart, F. M. (2009). Cosmogenic 3He exposure dating of the Quaternary basalts from Fogo, Cape Verdes: implications for rift zone and magmatic reorganisation. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(1), 37-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.002
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Hildner, E., Klügel, A., & Hauff, F. (2011). Magma storage and ascent during the 1995 eruption of Fogo, Cape Verde Archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162(4), 751-772. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0623-6
ⓘ Analcime
Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
ⓘ Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
ⓘ Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ⓘ Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
ⓘ 'Basaltic Hornblende'
ⓘ Bassanite
Formula: Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O
ⓘ Bianchite
Formula: Zn(H2O)6(SO4)
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Blödite
Formula: Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
ⓘ Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Cancrinite
Formula: (Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
References:
Mitchell-Thomé, R. C. (1976). Geology of the middle Atlantic islands (Vol. 382). Berlin: Borntraeger.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Hoernle, Kaj, Tilton, George, Le Bas, Mike J., Duggen, Svend, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter (2002) Geochemistry of oceanic carbonatites compared with continental carbonatites: mantle recycling of oceanic crustal carbonate. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142 (5) 520-542 doi:10.1007/s004100100308
Madeira, J., Mata, J., Mourão, C., da Silveira, A. B., Martins, S., Ramalho, R., & Hoffmann, D. L. (2010). Volcano-stratigraphic and structural evolution of Brava Island (Cape Verde) based on 40Ar/39Ar, U–Th and field constraints. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 196(3-4), 219-235. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.010
Mourão, C., Mata, J., Doucelance, R., Madeira, J., da Silveira, A. B., Silva, L. C., & Moreira, M. (2010). Quaternary extrusive calciocarbonatite volcanism on Brava Island (Cape Verde): A nephelinite-carbonatite immiscibility product. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 56(2-3), 59-74. doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.06.003
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Mourão, C., Mata, J., Doucelance, R., Madeira, J., Millet, M. A., & Moreira, M. (2012). Geochemical temporal evolution of Brava Island magmatism: constraints on the variability of Cape Verde mantle sources and on carbonatite–silicate magma link. Chemical Geology, 334, 44-61. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.031
Mourao, C., Moreira, M., Mata, J., Raquin, A., & Madeira, J. (2012). Primary and secondary processes constraining the noble gas isotopic signatures of carbonatites and silicate rocks from Brava Island: evidence for a lower mantle origin of the Cape Verde plume. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 163(6), 995-1009. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0711-7
ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'
ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ Fayalite
Formula: Fe2+2(SiO4)
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ 'Glass'
References:
Stillman, C. J., Furnes, H., LeBas, M. J., Robertson, A. H. F., & Zielonka, J. (1982). The geological history of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Journal of the Geological Society, 139(3), 347-361. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.139.3.0347
Mitchell, J. G., Le Bas, M. J., Zielonka, J., & Furnes, H. (1983). On dating the magmatism of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64(1), 61-76. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90053-5
Robertson, A. H. F. (1984). Mesozoic deep-water and Tertiary volcaniclastic deposition of Maio, Cape Verde Islands: Implications for Atlantic paleoenvironments and ocean island volcanism. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(4), 433-453. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<433:MDATVD>2.0.CO
Furnes, H., & Stillman, C. J. (1987). The geochemistry and petrology of an alkaline lamprophyre sheet intrusion complex on Maio, Cape Verde Republic. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(2), 227-241. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.2.0227
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
ⓘ Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘ Halite
Formula: NaCl
ⓘ Halotrichite
Formula: Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
ⓘ Haüyne
Formula: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite
Formula: Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ Kaersutite
Formula: NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
ⓘ 'K-alum'
ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
References:
Stillman, C. J., Furnes, H., LeBas, M. J., Robertson, A. H. F., & Zielonka, J. (1982). The geological history of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Journal of the Geological Society, 139(3), 347-361. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.139.3.0347
Mitchell, J. G., Le Bas, M. J., Zielonka, J., & Furnes, H. (1983). On dating the magmatism of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64(1), 61-76. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90053-5
Robertson, A. H. F. (1984). Mesozoic deep-water and Tertiary volcaniclastic deposition of Maio, Cape Verde Islands: Implications for Atlantic paleoenvironments and ocean island volcanism. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(4), 433-453. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<433:MDATVD>2.0.CO
Furnes, H., & Stillman, C. J. (1987). The geochemistry and petrology of an alkaline lamprophyre sheet intrusion complex on Maio, Cape Verde Republic. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(2), 227-241. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.2.0227
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
ⓘ Larnite
Formula: Ca2SiO4
ⓘ Leucite
Formula: K(AlSi2O6)
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
ⓘ 'Melilite Group'
Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)
ⓘ Mendozite
Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
ⓘ Millosevichite
Formula: Al2(SO4)3
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
ⓘ Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
ⓘ Natrojarosite
Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘ Nepheline
Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
ⓘ Nosean
Formula: Na8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
ⓘ 'Olivine Group'
Formula: M2SiO4
ⓘ Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘ Perovskite
Formula: CaTiO3
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Pickeringite
Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
ⓘ Picromerite
Formula: K2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Group'
Formula: A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
References:
Munhá, J., Mendes, M., Palácios, T., Silva, L. & Torres, P. 1997. Petrologia e Geoquímica da Erupção de 1995 e de outros lavas históricas na Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.
Assunção, C. F. T., Machado, F., & Gomes, R. D. (1965). On the occurrence of carbonatites in the Cape Verde Islands. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal, 16, 179-188.
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Escrig, S., Doucelance, R., Moreira, M., & Allègre, C. J. (2005). Os isotope systematics in Fogo Island: evidence for lower continental crust fragments under the Cape Verde Southern Islands. Chemical Geology, 219(1-4), 93-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.011
Foeken, J. P., Day, S., & Stuart, F. M. (2009). Cosmogenic 3He exposure dating of the Quaternary basalts from Fogo, Cape Verdes: implications for rift zone and magmatic reorganisation. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(1), 37-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.002
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Hildner, E., Klügel, A., & Hauff, F. (2011). Magma storage and ascent during the 1995 eruption of Fogo, Cape Verde Archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162(4), 751-772. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0623-6
ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ 'Rhombohedral Carbonate'
Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
References:
Stillman, C. J., Furnes, H., LeBas, M. J., Robertson, A. H. F., & Zielonka, J. (1982). The geological history of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Journal of the Geological Society, 139(3), 347-361. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.139.3.0347
Mitchell, J. G., Le Bas, M. J., Zielonka, J., & Furnes, H. (1983). On dating the magmatism of Maio, Cape Verde islands. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64(1), 61-76. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90053-5
Robertson, A. H. F. (1984). Mesozoic deep-water and Tertiary volcaniclastic deposition of Maio, Cape Verde Islands: Implications for Atlantic paleoenvironments and ocean island volcanism. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 95(4), 433-453. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<433:MDATVD>2.0.CO
Furnes, H., & Stillman, C. J. (1987). The geochemistry and petrology of an alkaline lamprophyre sheet intrusion complex on Maio, Cape Verde Republic. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(2), 227-241. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.144.2.0227
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
ⓘ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
ⓘ 'Smectite Group'
Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
ⓘ Sodalite
Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
ⓘ 'Sodic amphibole'
References:
Munhá, J., Mendes, M., Palácios, T., Silva, L. & Torres, P. 1997. Petrologia e Geoquímica da Erupção de 1995 e de outros lavas históricas na Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.
Assunção, C. F. T., Machado, F., & Gomes, R. D. (1965). On the occurrence of carbonatites in the Cape Verde Islands. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal, 16, 179-188.
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Escrig, S., Doucelance, R., Moreira, M., & Allègre, C. J. (2005). Os isotope systematics in Fogo Island: evidence for lower continental crust fragments under the Cape Verde Southern Islands. Chemical Geology, 219(1-4), 93-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.011
Foeken, J. P., Day, S., & Stuart, F. M. (2009). Cosmogenic 3He exposure dating of the Quaternary basalts from Fogo, Cape Verdes: implications for rift zone and magmatic reorganisation. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(1), 37-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.002
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Hildner, E., Klügel, A., & Hauff, F. (2011). Magma storage and ascent during the 1995 eruption of Fogo, Cape Verde Archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162(4), 751-772. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0623-6
ⓘ Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
References:
Silva, L.C. 1976. Note on the occurrence of niobium-rich zirconolite in carbonatitic rocks of São Tiago island (Cape Verde Republic). Garcia de Orta, Serte de Geologia, Revista da Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar, Lisboa, 4, 106.
Silva, L. C., & Ubaldo, M. L. (1985). Consideraçoes geológicas e petrogenéticas sobre os tufos carbonatíticos globulares da estrutura alcalino-carbonatítica do Norte de Santiago, arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Garcia de Orta. Série de geologia, 8(1-2), 1-6.
Gerlach, D. C., Cliff, R. A., Davies, G. R., Norry, M., & Hodgson, N. (1988). Magma sources of the Cape Verdes archipelago: isotopic and trace element constraints. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52(12), 2979-2992. doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(88)90162-7
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Hoernle, Kaj, Tilton, George, Le Bas, Mike J., Duggen, Svend, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter (2002) Geochemistry of oceanic carbonatites compared with continental carbonatites: mantle recycling of oceanic crustal carbonate. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142 (5) 520-542 doi:10.1007/s004100100308
Barker, A. K., Holm, P. M., Peate, D. W., & Baker, J. A. (2009). Geochemical stratigraphy of submarine lavas (3–5 Ma) from the Flamengos Valley, Santiago, southern Cape Verde islands. Journal of Petrology, 50(1), 169-193. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egn081
Martins, S., Mata, J., Munhá, J., Mendes, M. H., Maerschalk, C., Caldeira, R., & Mattielli, N. (2010). Chemical and mineralogical evidence of the occurrence of mantle metasomatism by carbonate-rich melts in an oceanic environment (Santiago Island, Cape Verde). Mineralogy and Petrology, 99(1-2), 43-65. doi.org/10.1007/s00710-009-0078-x
Barker, A. K., Holm, P. M., Peate, D. W., & Baker, J. A. (2010). A 5 million year record of compositional variations in mantle sources to magmatism on Santiago, southern Cape Verde archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(1), 133-154. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0470-x
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
ⓘ Steklite
Formula: KAl(SO4)2
ⓘ Sylvite
Formula: KCl
ⓘ Tamarugite
Formula: NaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
ⓘ Thénardite
Formula: Na2SO4
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘ Vermiculite
Formula: Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
References:
Munhá, J., Mendes, M., Palácios, T., Silva, L. & Torres, P. 1997. Petrologia e Geoquímica da Erupção de 1995 e de outros lavas históricas na Ilha do Fogo, Cabo Verde.
Assunção, C. F. T., Machado, F., & Gomes, R. D. (1965). On the occurrence of carbonatites in the Cape Verde Islands. Boletim da Sociedade Geológica de Portugal, 16, 179-188.
Kogarko, L. N. (1993). Geochemical characteristics of oceanic carbonatites from the Cape Verde Islands. South African journal of geology, 96(3), 119-125.
Day, S. J., Da Silva, S. H., & Fonseca, J. F. B. D. (1999). A past giant lateral collapse and present-day flank instability of Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 94(1-4), 191-218. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00103-1
Escrig, S., Doucelance, R., Moreira, M., & Allègre, C. J. (2005). Os isotope systematics in Fogo Island: evidence for lower continental crust fragments under the Cape Verde Southern Islands. Chemical Geology, 219(1-4), 93-113. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.02.011
Foeken, J. P., Day, S., & Stuart, F. M. (2009). Cosmogenic 3He exposure dating of the Quaternary basalts from Fogo, Cape Verdes: implications for rift zone and magmatic reorganisation. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(1), 37-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.002
Doucelance, R., Hammouda, T., Moreira, M., & Martins, J. C. (2010). Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: the Cape Verde case. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(24), 7261-7282. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024
Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052
Hildner, E., Klügel, A., & Hauff, F. (2011). Magma storage and ascent during the 1995 eruption of Fogo, Cape Verde Archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 162(4), 751-772. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-011-0623-6
ⓘ 'Zeolite Group'
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
ⓘSylvite3.AA.20KCl
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
ⓘHydrokenoralstonite3.CF.05 Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ'Pyrochlore Group'4.00.A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘSpinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
ⓘMagnetite
var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite		4.BB.05Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘPerovskite4.CC.30CaTiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘOpal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘBrucite4.FE.05Mg(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘSiderite5.AB.05FeCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘAragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘMillosevichite7.AB.05Al2(SO4)3
ⓘSteklite7.AC.20KAl(SO4)2
ⓘThénardite7.AD.25Na2SO4
ⓘAnhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘNatrojarosite7.BC.10NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
ⓘBianchite7.CB.25Zn(H2O)6(SO4)
ⓘAlunogen7.CB.45Al2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
ⓘHalotrichite7.CB.85Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
ⓘPickeringite7.CB.85MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
ⓘTamarugite7.CC.10NaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
ⓘMendozite7.CC.15NaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
ⓘAlum-(Na)7.CC.20NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
ⓘBlödite7.CC.50Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
ⓘPicromerite7.CC.60K2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
ⓘBassanite7.CD.45Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘFayalite9.AC.05Fe2+2(SiO4)
ⓘLarnite9.AD.05Ca2SiO4
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘAugite
var. Titanium-bearing Augite		9.DA.15(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ⓘAegirine-augite9.DA.20(NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
ⓘAegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
ⓘKaersutite9.DE.15NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
ⓘMuscovite
var. Illite		9.EC.15K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
ⓘ9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘVermiculite9.EC.50Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
ⓘNepheline9.FA.05Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘCancrinite9.FB.05(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
ⓘHaüyne9.FB.10Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
ⓘNosean9.FB.10Na8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
ⓘSodalite9.FB.10Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
ⓘ'Zeolite Group'9.G0.
ⓘAnalcime9.GB.05Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
ⓘLeucite9.GB.05K(AlSi2O6)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Alkali Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5(T8O22)W2
ⓘ'Basaltic Hornblende'-
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Chlorite Group'-
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
ⓘ'K-alum'-
ⓘ'Smectite Group'-A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
ⓘ'Glass'-
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A
ⓘ'Olivine Group'-M2SiO4
ⓘ'Melilite Group'-Ca2M(XSiO7)
ⓘ'Sodic amphibole'-
ⓘ'Alkali pyroxene'-
ⓘ'Rhombohedral Carbonate'-(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AlunogenAl2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Hⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Hⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Hⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
Hⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Hⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Hⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Hⓘ MendoziteNaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Hⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Hⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ PickeringiteMgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Hⓘ PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Hⓘ Pyrochlore GroupA2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Hⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Hⓘ Alum-(Na)NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Hⓘ TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Hⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Hⓘ Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Cⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Oⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AlunogenAl2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Oⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5(T8O22)W2
Oⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Oⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Oⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Oⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
Oⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Oⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Oⓘ LarniteCa2SiO4
Oⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ MendoziteNaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Oⓘ MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)3
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Oⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Oⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Oⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ PickeringiteMgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Oⓘ PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Oⓘ Pyrochlore GroupA2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Oⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Oⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Oⓘ Alum-(Na)NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Oⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Oⓘ TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Oⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Oⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Oⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Oⓘ Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
Oⓘ Olivine GroupM2SiO4
Oⓘ Melilite GroupCa2M(XSiO7)
Oⓘ StekliteKAl(SO4)2
Oⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Fⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Naⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Naⓘ BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
Naⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
Naⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Naⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Naⓘ MendoziteNaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Naⓘ NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Naⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Naⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Naⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Naⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Naⓘ Alum-(Na)NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Naⓘ TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Naⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Naⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
Mgⓘ BruciteMg(OH)2
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ PickeringiteMgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Mgⓘ PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Mgⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Mgⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Mgⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Mgⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Mgⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ AlunogenAl2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Alⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Alⓘ HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Alⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Alⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Alⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Alⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Alⓘ MendoziteNaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Alⓘ MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)3
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Alⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ PickeringiteMgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Alⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O
Alⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Alⓘ Alum-(Na)NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Alⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Alⓘ TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Alⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Alⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Alⓘ StekliteKAl(SO4)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Siⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Siⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Siⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Siⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Siⓘ LarniteCa2SiO4
Siⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Siⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Siⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Siⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Siⓘ Olivine GroupM2SiO4
Siⓘ Melilite GroupCa2M(XSiO7)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
Sⓘ AlunogenAl2(SO4)3 · 17H2O
Sⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Sⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
Sⓘ BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2 · 4H2O
Sⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sⓘ HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Sⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Sⓘ MendoziteNaAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Sⓘ MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)3
Sⓘ NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Sⓘ NoseanNa8(Al6Si6O24)(SO4) · H2O
Sⓘ PickeringiteMgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Sⓘ PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ Alum-(Na)NaAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
Sⓘ TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Sⓘ ThénarditeNa2SO4
Sⓘ StekliteKAl(SO4)2
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
Clⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Clⓘ SylviteKCl
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Kⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2 · 6H2O
Kⓘ SylviteKCl
Kⓘ StekliteKAl(SO4)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Caⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Caⓘ AragoniteCaCO3
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Caⓘ HaüyneNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Caⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Caⓘ LarniteCa2SiO4
Caⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Caⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
Caⓘ Melilite GroupCa2M(XSiO7)
Caⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ KaersutiteNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2
Tiⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Tiⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Tiⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FeIron
Feⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Feⓘ Aegirine-augite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(Fee3+AlfFeg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feⓘ FayaliteFe22+(SiO4)
Feⓘ HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feⓘ SideriteFeCO3
Feⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Feⓘ VermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Feⓘ Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Feⓘ Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
ZnZinc
Znⓘ BianchiteZn(H2O)6(SO4)
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
NbNiobium
Nbⓘ Pyrochlore GroupA2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

Fossils

There are 28 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences28
Youngest Fossil Listed0.78 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed1.81 Ma (Pleistocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Assomada281.806 - 0.781 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Balanophyllia
genus		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Porites
genus		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Conus
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Arca
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arca1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Ostrea
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostraea1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Spondylus
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Venus
genus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Venus1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Megabalanus
genus		Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : Megabalanus1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Corallinales
order		Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Thalassinoides
genus		Thalassinoides1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Gastrochaenolites
genus		Gastrochaenolites1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Tubastraea
genus		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Tubastraea1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Siderastrea radians
species		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea radians1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Millepora alcicornis
species		Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Anthoathecata : Milleporidae : Millepora : Millepora alcicornis1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Gastrochaenolites cluniformis
species		Gastrochaenolites : Gastrochaenolites cluniformis1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Dactyloidites
genus		Dactyloidites1.806 - 0.781 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotavento_Islands
Wikidata ID:Q500453
GeoNames ID:3374179

Localities in this Region

Cape Verde
Cape Verde

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
Atlantic Ocean

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