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Apatite from
Madeira, Portugal


Locality type:Autonomous Region
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Madeira, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1418162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1418162:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Gagel, C. (1913): Studien über den Aufbau und die Gesteine Madeiras. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, 64, 344-448.
Hughes, D. J., Brown, G. C. (1972) Basalts from Madeira: A petrochemical contribution to the genesis of oceanic alkali rock series. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 37 (2) 91-109 doi:10.1007/bf00371069
SCHMINCKE, H.; HV, S. (1972). CHEMICAL STUDY OF ROCKS FROM MADEIRA, PORTO SANTO, AND SAO MIGUEL, TERCEIRA (AZORES). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 117, 253-281.
Aires-Barros, L., Matias, M. J., & Miranda, A. M. (1974). Preliminary note on the petrology of Madeira Island. Boletim do Museu e Laboratorio Mineralogico e Geologico da Faculdade de Ciencias, Lisboa, 14, 5-27.
Feraud, G.; Gastaud, J.; Schmincke, H. U.; Pritchard, G.; Lietz, J.; Bleil, U. (1981) New K-Ar ages, chemical analyses and magnetic data of rocks from the islands of Santa Maria (Azores), Porto Santo and Madeira (Madeira archipelago) and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Bulletin Volcanologique, 44 (3). p.359-375. doi:10.1007/bf02600570
Munha, J., Palacios, T., Macrae, N. D., Mata, J. (1990) Petrology of ultramafic xenoliths from Madeira island. Geological Magazine, 127 (6) 543-566 doi:10.1017/s0016756800015442
Mata, J.; Kerrich, R.; MacRae, N.D.; Wu, T -W (1998) Elemental and isotopic (Sr, Nd, and Pb) characteristics of Madeira Island basalts: evidence for a composite HIMU - EM I plume fertilizing lithosphere. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 35 (9). p.980-997. doi:10.1139/e98-046
Geldmacher, Jörg, Hoernle, Kaj (2000) The 72 Ma geochemical evolution of the Madeira hotspot (eastern North Atlantic): recycling of Paleozoic (≤500 Ma) oceanic lithosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 183 (1) 73-92 doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00266-1
Schwarz, Stefanie; Klügel, Andreas; Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser, Cora (2004) Melt extraction pathways and stagnation depths beneath the Madeira and Desertas rift zones (NE Atlantic) inferred from barometric studies. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 147 (2). p.228-240. doi:10.1007/s00410-004-0556-4
Schwarz, Stefanie, Klügel, Andreas, van den Bogaard, Paul, Geldmacher, Jörg (2005) Internal structure and evolution of a volcanic rift system in the eastern North Atlantic: the Desertas rift zone, Madeira archipelago. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 141 (1) 123-155 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.10.002
Geldmacher, J., Hoernle, K., Klügel, A., van den Bogaard, P., Duggen, S. (2006) A geochemical transect across a heterogeneous mantle upwelling: Implications for the evolution of the Madeira hotspot in space and time. Lithos, 90 (1) 131-144 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.02.004
Klügel, Andreas, Schwarz, Stefanie, van den Bogaard, Paul, Hoernle, Kaj A., Wohlgemuth-Ueberwasser, Cora C., Köster, Jana J. (2009) Structure and evolution of the volcanic rift zone at Ponta de São Lourenço, eastern Madeira. Bulletin of Volcanology, 71 (6). 671-685 doi:10.1007/s00445-008-0253-7
 
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