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Nepheline from
Tahalra Volcanic Field, Abalessa District, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tahalra Volcanic Field, Abalessa District, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1421183
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1421183:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
AllÃĻgre, Claude J., DuprÃĐ, 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
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
Leblanc, Marc, Dautria, Jean -Marie, Girod, Michel (1982) Magnesian ilmenitite xenoliths in a basanite from Tahalra, Ahaggar (Southern Algeria) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 79 (4) 347-354 doi:10.1007/bf01132063
Dautria, J. M., Liotard, J. M., Cabanes, N., Girod, M., Briqueu, L. (1987) Amphibole-rich xenoliths and host alkali basalts: petrogenetic constraints and implications on the recent evolution of the upper mantle beneath Ahaggar (Central Sahara, Southern Algeria) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95 (2) 133-144 doi:10.1007/bf00381263
Dautria, J.M., Dostal, J., Dupuy, C., Liotard, J.M. (1988) Geochemistry and petrogenesis of alkali basalts from Tahalra (Hoggar, Northwest Africa) Chemical Geology, 69 (1) 17-35 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(88)90155-6
 
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