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Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verdei
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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
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Brava Island

Brava Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde
Type:
Island
Age:
3 to 0.25 Ma
Geologic Time:
Cenozoic
Dating method:
Ar/Ar and U-Th
Reference for age:
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
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Vila Nova Sintra1,813 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
214699
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214699:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Brava, Îles de Sotavento, Cap-Vert
German:
Brava, Ilhas de Sotavento, Kap Verde
Italian:
Brava, Ilhas do Sotavento, Capo Verde
Portuguese:
Brava, Ilhas de Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Russian:
Брава, Кабо-Верде
Simplified Chinese:
布拉瓦島, 背風群島, 佛得角
Spanish:
Isla Brava, Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Arabic:
برافا, جزر سوتافينتو, الرأس الأخضر
Armenian:
Բրավա , Կաբո Վերդե
Belarusian:
Брава , астравы Сатавенту, Каба-Вердэ
Breton:
Brava, Kab Glas
Catalan:
illa Brava, illes de Sotavento, Cap Verd
Cebuano:
Concelho da Brava, Ilhas do Sotavento, Cape Verde
Czech:
Brava, Sotavento, Kapverdy
Danish:
Brava, Sotavento, Kap Verde
Dutch:
Brava, Sotavento, Kaapverdië
Egyptian Arabic:
برافا, كابو فيردا
Esperanto:
Brava, Kaboverdo
Estonian:
Brava, Tuulealused saared, Roheneemesaared
Farsi/Persian:
براوا، کیپ ورد, جزایر سوتاونتو, کیپ ورد
Finnish:
Brava, Sotavento, Kap Verde
Galician:
Illa Brava, Illas de Sotavento, Cabo Verde
Greek:
Μπράβα , Πράσινο Ακρωτήριο
Hebrew:
בראווה, סוטאוונטו, כף ורדה
Indonesian:
Brava, Kepulauan Sotavento, Tanjung Verde
Japanese:
ブラヴァ島, ソタヴェント諸島, カーボベルデ
Korean:
브라바섬, 소타벤투 제도, 카보베르데
Lithuanian:
Brava, Pavėjinės salos, Žaliasis Kyšulys
Low Saxon/Low German:
Brava, Ilhas de Sotavento, Kap Verde
Norwegian:
Brava, Sotavento, Kapp Verde
Polish:
Brava, Wyspy Podwietrzne, Republika Zielonego Przylądka
Romanian:
Insula Brava, Capul Verde
Swedish:
Brava, Sotavento, Kap Verde
Traditional Chinese:
布拉瓦島, 背風群島, 維德角
Ukrainian:
Брава, Кабо-Верде
Urdu:
براوا، کیپ ورڈی, سوتاوینتو جزائر, کیپ ورڈی
Wolof:
Brava, Kap Weert


Brava (Portuguese for “wild” or "brave") is an island in Cape Verde, in the Sotavento group. At 62.5 km² (24.1 sq mi), it is the smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago, but at the same time the greenest. First settled in the early 16th century, its population grew after Mount Fogo on neighbouring Fogo erupted in 1680.

Strongly silica-undersaturated pyroxenite, ijolite, nephelinite, nepheline syenite, combeite–foiditite, carbonatite series.

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ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'
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
ⓘ '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
ⓘ Analcime
Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
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
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
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
Weidendorfer, D., Schmidt, M. W., & Mattsson, H. B. (2016). Fractional crystallization of Si-undersaturated alkaline magmas leading to unmixing of carbonatites on Brava Island (Cape Verde) and a general model of carbonatite genesis in alkaline magma suites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171(5), 1-29.
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
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
Weidendorfer, D., Schmidt, M. W., & Mattsson, H. B. (2016). Fractional crystallization of Si-undersaturated alkaline magmas leading to unmixing of carbonatites on Brava Island (Cape Verde) and a general model of carbonatite genesis in alkaline magma suites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171(5), 1-29.
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
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
ⓘ 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
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
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
Weidendorfer, D., Schmidt, M. W., & Mattsson, H. B. (2016). Fractional crystallization of Si-undersaturated alkaline magmas leading to unmixing of carbonatites on Brava Island (Cape Verde) and a general model of carbonatite genesis in alkaline magma suites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171(5), 1-29.
ⓘ Perovskite
Formula: CaTiO3
ⓘ Sodalite
Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
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
Weidendorfer, D., Schmidt, M. W., & Mattsson, H. B. (2016). Fractional crystallization of Si-undersaturated alkaline magmas leading to unmixing of carbonatites on Brava Island (Cape Verde) and a general model of carbonatite genesis in alkaline magma suites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171(5), 1-29.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘPerovskite4.CC.30CaTiO3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘCancrinite9.FB.05(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
ⓘSodalite9.FB.10Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
ⓘAnalcime9.GB.05Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Unclassified
ⓘ'Alkali Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ'Alkali pyroxene'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Hⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Oⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Oⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Oⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Naⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Naⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Naⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
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ⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
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ⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Siⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
Sⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Clⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Cancrinite(Na,Ca,◻)8(Al6Si6O24)(CO3,SO4)2 · 2H2O
Caⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Caⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Caⓘ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiⓘ PerovskiteCaTiO3
Tiⓘ TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
FeIron
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

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References

Mitchell-Thomé, R. C. (1976). Geology of the middle Atlantic islands (Vol. 382). Berlin: Borntraeger.
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. (2006) Estrutura vulcano-tectónica da Ilha Brava (Cabo Verde) [Volcano-tectonic structure of Brava Island (Cape Verde)]. VII Congresso Naitonal De Geologia, Univeridade De Evora.
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
Weidendorfer, D., Schmidt, M. W., & Mattsson, H. B. (2016). Fractional crystallization of Si-undersaturated alkaline magmas leading to unmixing of carbonatites on Brava Island (Cape Verde) and a general model of carbonatite genesis in alkaline magma suites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171(5), 1-29.
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
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