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Diopside from
Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:784403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:784403:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘDeeti volcanic cone, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘMosonik Volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘShompole Volcano, Kajiado County, Kenya
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘSadiman volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
88.6km (55.1 miles) ⓘLashaine volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
References
Henderson, C. M. B., Kogarko, L. N., Plant, D. A. (1999) Extreme closed system fractionation of volatile-rich, ultrabasic peralkaline melt inclusions and the occurrence of djerfisherite in the Kugda alkaline complex, Siberia. Mineralogical Magazine, 63 (3) 433-438 doi:10.1180/minmag.1999.063.3.14
Zaitsev (2012): Mineral chemistry and crystal structure of haüyne from the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, northern Tanzania. Eifel-Symposium 2012, "Variability and complexity of minerals and their synthetic analogues of the Vulkaneifel and related provinces”, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, 23.04. - 30.04.2012.
Victoria Sekisova, Victor Victorovich Sharygin, A. N. Zaitsev, Stanislav Strekopytov (2015) Liquid Immiscibility Геология и геофизика, 2015, т. 56, № 12, с. 2173—2197
 
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