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Garnet Group from
Atakor Volcanic Field, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria


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Atakor Volcanic Field, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria
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Andradite

Atakor Volcanic Field, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria
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Andradite

Atakor Volcanic Field, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria
Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Atakor Volcanic Field, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1421153
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1421153:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
apports des donnees radiometriques (K/Ar) et paleobotaniques (bois fossiles). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7(6), 973-980.
Girod, M. (1971). Le massif volcanique de l'Atakor (Hoggar, Sahara algérien): étude pétrographique, structurale et volcanologique. Centre de Recherches sur les zones arides. Serie Geologie, Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 12, 1-158.
Allègre, Claude J., Dupré, Bernard, Lambret, Bernard, Richard, Pierre (1981) The subcontinental versus suboceanic debate, I Lead-neodymium-strontium isotopes in primary alkali basalts from a shield area the Ahaggar volcanic suite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 52 (1) 85-92 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(81)90210-7
Boivin, P.; Camus, G. (1981) Igneous scapolite-bearing associations in the Chaîne des Puys, Massif Central (France) and Atakor (Hoggar, Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (4). 365-375 doi:10.1007/bf00371565
Girod, M., Dautria, J. M., de Giovanni, R. (1981) A first insight into the constitution of the upper mantle under the hoggar area (Southern Algeria): The lherzolite xenoliths in the alkali-basalts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (1) 66-73 doi:10.1007/bf01161503
Allègre, Claude J., Dupré, Bernard, Lambret, Bernard, Richard, Pierre (1981) The subcontinental versus suboceanic debate, I Lead-neodymium-strontium isotopes in primary alkali basalts from a shield area the Ahaggar volcanic suite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 52 (1) 85-92 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(81)90210-7
Boivin, P.; Camus, G. (1981) Igneous scapolite-bearing associations in the Chaîne des Puys, Massif Central (France) and Atakor (Hoggar, Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (4). 365-375 doi:10.1007/bf00371565
Girod, M., Dautria, J. M., de Giovanni, R. (1981) A first insight into the constitution of the upper mantle under the hoggar area (Southern Algeria): The lherzolite xenoliths in the alkali-basalts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77 (1) 66-73 doi:10.1007/bf01161503
Rognon, P., Gourinard, Y., Bandet, Y., Koeniguer, J. C., & Delteil-Desneux, F. (1983). Precisions chronologiques sur l'evolution volcanotectonique et geomorphologique de l'Atakor (Hoggar)
Dupuy, C., Dostal, J., Dautria, J. M., & Girod, M. (1986). Geochemistry of spinel peridotite inclusions in basalts from Hoggar, Algeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 5(3), 209-215.
 
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