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


Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view In Ouzzal, Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province), Algeria
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1421299
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1421299:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
AllÃĻgre, C. J., & Caby, R. (1972). Chronologie absolue du PrÃĐcambrien 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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