Aegirine from
Manengouba stratovolcano, Southwest Region, Cameroon

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Classification
Locality type:	Stratovolcano
Species:	Aegirine
Formula:	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Aegirine data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Manengouba stratovolcano, Southwest Region, Cameroon
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1422271
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1422271:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine

22.6km (14.0 miles)	ⓘ Nlonako Intrusion, Littoral Region, Cameroon
32.3km (20.1 miles)	ⓘ Mount Koupe, Littoral Region, Cameroon
67.5km (41.9 miles)	ⓘ Nda-Ali Massif, Mamfe, Manyu, Southwest Region, Cameroon
73.9km (45.9 miles)	ⓘ Bambouto Volcanic Complex, Southwest Region, Cameroon
83.0km (51.6 miles)	ⓘ Rumpi Hills, Southwest Region, Cameroon
References
Jérémine, E. (1941). Sur les laves des massifs volcaniques du Cameroun occidental. CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 212, 495-498. 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. 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

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Aegirine from Manengouba stratovolcano, Southwest Region, Cameroon

Aegirine from
Manengouba stratovolcano, Southwest Region, Cameroon