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Hastingsite from
Somanya，Kpong and Pore Areas, Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, Ghana


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Hastingsite
Formula:NaCa2(Fe42+Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hastingsite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Somanya，Kpong and Pore Areas, Asuogyaman District, Eastern Region, Ghana
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1425443
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1425443:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Allen, J. B., Charsley, T. J. (1968) Nepheline-Syenite and Phonolite. Institute of Geological Sciences, London.
Holm, R. F. (1971). Some garnets, pyroxenes, and amphiboles from nepheline gneisses in Ghana. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials, 56(11-12), 2111-2122.
Holm, R. F. (1974). Petrology of alkalic gneiss in the Dahomeyan of Ghana. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 85(9), 1441-1448. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1974)85<1441:POAGIT>2.0.CO
Kesse, G. O. (1985) The Mineral and Rock Resources of Ghana. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam.
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
 
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