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Augite from
Todra and Tin Taralle Volcanic Field, Agadez, Niger


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Todra and Tin Taralle Volcanic Field, Agadez, Niger
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1433747
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1433747:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘIskou ring complex, Agadez, Niger
79.2km (49.2 miles) ⓘAbontorok Intrusion, Arlit, Agadez, Niger
References
Black, R., Jaujou, M. & Pellaton, C. 1967. Notice explicative sur la carte geologique de l'Aïr à l'échelle du 1/500000. Direction des Mines et de la Geologie. Republique du Niger.
Hazell, I.F., Jones, A.P. & Menzies, M.A. 1988. Geochemistry of Quaternary alkali basalts from the southern Aïr Massif, Republic of Niger. In: Mesozoic to present-day magmatism of the African Plate and its structural setting. International Center for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1988/15, 109-111.
POUCLET, A., & BAUBRON, J. (1988). le volcanisme cénozoïque du Niger oriental, relations géochronologiques, magmatiques et structurales des phases d'activité. Publication occasionnelle-Centre international pour la formation et les échanges géologiques, (15), 188-192.
Pouclet, A., & Karche, J. P. (1988). Petrology and geochemistry of the Cenozoic volcanism in Eastern Niger (West Africa). In UNESCO UISG 227, Mesozoic to Present-day Magmatism of the African Plate and its Structural Setting (pp. 194-195).
 
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