Granulite from
In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria

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Classification
Type:	Granulite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Granulite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1421294
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1421294:9
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Granulite in this Region
Tekhamalt area, In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria
References
Allègre, C. J., & Caby, R. (1972). Chronologie absolue du Précambrien de l'Ahaggar occidental. CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 275(D), 2095-2098. Bernard-Griffiths, Jean, Peucat, Jean -Jacques, Fourcade, Serge, Kienast, Jean -Robert, Ouzegane, Khadidja (1988) Origin and evolution of 2 Ga old carbonatite complex (Ihouhaouene, Ahaggar, Algeria): Nd and Sr isotopic evidence. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 100 (3) 339-348 doi:10.1007/bf00379743 Carpena, J., Kienast, J. R., Ouzegane, K., & Jehanno, C. (1988). Evidence of the contrasted fission-track clock behavior of the apatites from In Ouzzal carbonatites (northwest Hoggar): The low-temperature thermal history of an Archean basement. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100(8), 1237-1243. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1988)100<1237:EOTCFT>2.3.CO Ouzegane, Khadidja, Fourcade, Serge, Kienast, Jean -Robert, Javoy, Marc (1988) New carbonatite complexes in the Archaean In'Ouzzal nucleus (Ahaggar, Algeria): mineralogical and geochemical data. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98 (3) 277-292 doi:10.1007/bf00375179 Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2 Fourcade, S., KIENAST, J. R., & Ouzegane, K. (1996). Metasomatic effects related to channelled fluid streaming through deep crust: fenites and associated carbonatites (In Ouzzal Proterozoic granulites, Hoggar, Algeria). Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 14(6), 763-781. doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00055.x

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Granulite from In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria

Granulite from
In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria