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Kalecik Lava Field, Kalecik District, Ankara Province, Turkeyi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 1' 9'' North , 33° 29' 4'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.01944,33.48451
GeoHash:
G#: sxpg9vqdj
GRN:
N27E19
Type:
Lava Field
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Locality ID:
342675
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:342675:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Extensive series of basic lava flows and dikes, c.60 km NE of Ankara (Çapan 1984) with some rocks containing abundant euhedral phenocrysts of analcime (Varol 2013).
Age is probably Maastrichtian based on fossil evidence from associated sedimentary rocks (Varol 2013).

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5 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Analcime
Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'
ⓘ Leucite
Formula: K(AlSi2O6)
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ 'Mica Group'
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘAnalcime9.GB.05Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
ⓘLeucite9.GB.05K(AlSi2O6)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Mica Group'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Oⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
NaSodium
Naⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Alⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Siⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
KPotassium
Kⓘ LeuciteK(AlSi2O6)
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
FeIron
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Anatolia PlateTectonic Plate
AsiaContinent
Eurasian Plate
Turkey

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References

Çapan, U.Z. (1984) Ankara melanjı içindeki zeolitli alkali bazaltik volkanizmanın karakteri ve yaşı hakkında. Türkiye Jeoloji Kurumu, 38, Bilimsel ve Teknik Kurultayi, Bildiri özetleri, 393-405.
Rojay, B., Altıner, D., Özkan Altıner, S., Pırıl Önen, P., James, S., Thirlwall, M.F.(2004) Geodynamic significance of the Cretaceous pillow basalts from North Anatolian Ophiolitic Mélange Belt (Central Anatolia, Turkey): geochemical and paleontological constraints. Geodinamica Acta, 17:5, 349-361.
Varol, E. (2013). The derivation of potassic and ultrapotassic alkaline volcanic rocks from an orogenic lithospheric mantle source: the case of the Kalecik district, Ankara, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 191(1), 55-73.
Gülmez, F., Genç, Ş. C., Prelević, D., Tüysüz, O., Karacik, Z., Roden, M. F., & Billor, Z. (2016). Ultrapotassic volcanism from the waning stage of the Neotethyan subduction: a key study from the Izmir–Ankara–Erzincan Suture Belt, Central Northern Turkey. Journal of Petrology, 57(3), 561-593.
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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