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Aegirine from
Bambouto Volcanic Complex, Southwest Region, Cameroon


Locality type:Volcanic Complex
Classification
Species:Aegirine
Formula:NaFe3+Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aegirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bambouto Volcanic Complex, Southwest Region, Cameroon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1422226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1422226:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine
65.1km (40.4 miles) ⓘNda-Ali Massif, Mamfe, Manyu, Southwest Region, Cameroon
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘManengouba stratovolcano, Southwest Region, Cameroon
88.3km (54.9 miles) ⓘNlonako Intrusion, Littoral Region, Cameroon
References
Marzoli, A., Renne, P. & Piccirillo, E.M. 1997. Ar/Ar data on volcanics of the continental Cameroon Line (Africa): time related migration of trachytic volcanism. Plinius, 18, 141-142.
Gèze, B. (1943). Géographie physique et géologie du Cameroun occidental (Vol. 17). Éditions du Muséum, 1-271.
Jérémine, E. (1943). Contribution à l'étude pétrographique du Cameroun Occidental. In: Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, NS, 17, 273-320.
Gèze, B. (1953). Les volcans du Cameroun occidental. Bulletin Volcanologique, 13(1), 63-92. doi.org/10.1007/BF02596792
Tchoua, F. (1968). Découverte d‟ ignimbrites dans la région de Dschang (Cameroun). Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Féd. Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 77-94.
Tchoua, F. (1972). Sur la formation des caldéras des Monts Bambouto (Cameroun). CR Acad. Sci., Paris, 274, 799-801.
Tchoua, F. (1973). SUR L'EXISTENCE D'UNE PHASE INITIALE IGNIMBRITIQUE DANS LE VOLCANISME DES MONTS BAMBOUTO (CAMEROUN). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 276D, 2863-2866.
Fitton, J. G., & Dunlop, H. M. (1985). The Cameroon line, West Africa, and its bearing on the origin of oceanic and continental alkali basalt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 72(1), 23-38. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(85)90114-1
Fitton, J. G. (1987). The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30(1), 273-291.
Halliday, A. N., Dickin, A. P., Fallick, A. E., & Fitton, J. G. (1988). Mantle dynamics: a Nd, Sr, Pb and O isotopic study of the Cameroon line volcanic chain. Journal of Petrology, 29(1), 181-211. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/29.1.181
Déruelle, B., Moreau, C., Nkoumbou, C., Kambou, R., Lissom, J., Njonfang, E., Ghogomu, R. T., Nono, A. (1991) The Cameroon Line: A Review. In Magmatism in Extensional Structural Settings. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p.274-327. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-73966-8_12
Ballentine, C. J., Lee, D. C., & Halliday, A. N. (1997). Hafnium isotopic studies of the Cameroon line and new HIMU paradoxes. Chemical Geology, 139(1-4), 111-124. doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00028-4
Marzoli, A., Piccirillo, E. M., Renne, P. R., Bellieni, G., Iacumin, M., Nyobe, J. B., & Tongwa, A. T. (2000). The Cameroon Volcanic Line revisited: petrogenesis of continental basaltic magmas from lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle sources. Journal of petrology, 41(1), 87-109. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/41.1.87
 
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