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Biotite from
Harrat Ash Shaam Plateau, As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria


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
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harrat Ash Shaam Plateau, As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1355815
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1355815:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Guba, I., & Mustafa, H. (1988). Structural control of young basaltic fissure eruptions in the plateau basalt area of the Arabian Plate, northeastern Jordan. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 35(4), 319-334.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (1989) A Classification of Igneous Rocks and Glossary of Terms - Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks (1st ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications.
Mouty, M., Delaloye, M., Fontignie, D., Piskin, O., & Wagner, J. J. (1992). The volcanic activity in Syria and Lebanon between Jurassic and Actual. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 72(1), 91-105.
Mahfoud, R. F., & Beck, J. N. (1995). Petrogenesis and geodynamic significance of ultramafic inclusions and basanite from southern Syria. International Geology Review, 37(5), 448-470.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Lustrino, M., & Sharkov, E. (2006). Neogene volcanic activity of western Syria and its relationship with Arabian plate kinematics. Journal of Geodynamics, 42(4-5), 115-139.
Krienitz, M. S., Haase, K. M., Mezger, K., & Shaikh-Mashail, M. A. (2007). Magma genesis and mantle dynamics at the Harrat Ash Shamah volcanic field (southern Syria). Journal of Petrology, 48(8), 1513-1542.
Al-Safarjalani, A., Nasir, S., Fockenberg, T., & Massonne, H. J. (2009). Chemical composition of crustal xenoliths from southwestern Syria: characterization of the upper part of the lower crust beneath the Arabian Plate. Geochemistry, 69(4), 359-375.
Nasir, S., & Rollinson, H. (2009). The nature of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Arabian Shield: Mantle xenoliths from southern Syria. Precambrian Research, 172(3-4), 323-333.
 
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