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Biotite from
Sabalan volcanic plateau, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran


Locality type:Plateau
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:42.7 Âą 1.3 Ma
Minimum recorded age:42.7 Âą 1.3 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
142.7 Âą 1.3 MaEocene - K-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
Alberti, A. A., Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Nicoletti, M., Petrucciani, C., & Sinigoi, S. (1976). Geochronology of the Eastern Azerbaijan volcanic plateau (northwest Iran). Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol, 32(2), 579-589.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sabalan volcanic plateau, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1337339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1337339:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘMazraeh Mine, Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘAnjerd Mine, Ahar, Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
39.0km (24.2 miles) ⓘKaleybar Intrusion, Kaleybar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘSungun Mine (Songun Mine), Varzaqan county, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
64.0km (39.7 miles) ⓘHaftcheshmeh deposit, Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘSahand stratavolcano, Heris County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘPkhrutskii, Yardymli District, Azerbaijan
93.3km (58.0 miles) ⓘShvanidzorskii, Shvanidzor, Meghri, Syunik Province, Armenia
94.7km (58.8 miles) ⓘShikahogh Cu deposit, Shikahogh, Kapan, Syunik Province, Armenia
References
Alberti, A. A., Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Nicoletti, M., Petrucciani, C., & Sinigoi, S. (1976). Geochronology of the Eastern Azerbaijan volcanic plateau (northwest Iran). Rend. Soc. Ital. Mineral. Petrol, 32(2), 579-589.
Alberti, A., Comin‐Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Sinigoi, S., Zerbi, M. (1979) Upper Eocene to early Oligocene shoshonitic volcanism in eastern Azerbaijan. Neues Jahrb. Mineral Abh, 134, 248-264.
Alberti, A., Comin‐Chiaramonti, P., Di Battistini, G., Fioriti, R., Sinigoi, S. (1981) Crystal fractionation in the eastern Azerbaijan (Iran) Lower Tertiary shoshonitic suite. Neues Jahrbuch fÞr Mineralogie Monatshefte, 35-48.
Riou, R., Dupuy, C., Dostal, J. (1981) Geochemistry of coexisting alkaline and calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from northern Azerbaijan (NW Iran). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 11(2-4), 253-275.
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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