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Arfvedsonite from
Little Aden Peninsula, Aden Governorate, Yemen


Locality type:Peninsula
Classification
Species:Arfvedsonite
Formula:NaNa2(Fe42+Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arfvedsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Aden Peninsula, Aden Governorate, Yemen
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1361306
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1361306:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arfvedsonite
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘAden Volcano, Aden Governorate, Yemen
References
Manasse, E. (1908). Rocce eritree e di Aden della collezione Issel. Stab. tip. succ. ff. Nistri, 24, 53-204.
Dickinson, D.R.; Dodson, M.H.; Gass, I.G.; Rex, D.C. (1969) Correlation of initial 87Sr/86Sr with Rb/Sr in some late tertiary volcanic rocks of South Arabia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 6 (1). 84-90 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(69)90178-2
Cox, K. G., Gass, I. G., & Mallick, D. I. J. (1969). The evolution of the volcanoes of Aden and Little Aden, South Arabia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 124, 283-308.
COX, K.G., GASS, I.G., MALLICK, D.I.J. (1970) The Peralkaline Volcanic Suite of Aden and Little Aden, South Arabia. Journal of Petrology, 11 (3) 433-462 doi:10.1093/petrology/11.3.433
 
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