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Plagioclase from
Kula volcanic field, Kula District, Manisa Province, Turkey


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kula volcanic field, Kula District, Manisa Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:892402
Long-form Identifier:1:3:892402:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘYÃ―lanlÃ―kale, Ödemiş District, Ä°zmir Province, Turkey
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘKemer, Ödemiş District, İzmir Province, Turkey
56.0km (34.8 miles) ⓘKişladag Gold Mine, Eşme District, Uşak Province, Turkey
99.2km (61.6 miles) ⓘEğrigÃķz granitoids, Simav District, KÞtahya Province, Turkey
References
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (1989) A Classification of Igneous Rocks and Glossary of Terms - Recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks (1st ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications.
GÞleç, N. (1991) Crust–mantle interaction in western Turkey: implications from Sr and Nd isotope geochemistry of Tertiary and Quaternary volcanics. Geological Magazine, 128 (5) 417-435 doi:10.1017/s0016756800018604
Richardson-Bunbury, J. M. (1996). The Kula volcanic field, western Turkey: the development of a Holocene alkali basalt province and the adjacent normal-faulting graben. Geological Magazine, 133(3), 275-283.
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Alıcı, P., Temel, A., & Gourgaud, A. (2002). Pb–Nd–Sr isotope and trace element geochemistry of Quaternary extension-related alkaline volcanism: a case study of Kula region (western Anatolia, Turkey). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 115(3-4), 487-510.
Aldanmaz, E. (2002). Mantle source characteristics of alkali basalts and basanites in an extensional intracontinental plate setting, western Anatolia, Turkey: implications for multi-stage melting. International Geology Review, 44(5), 440-457.
Holness, M. B., & Bunbury, J. M. (2006). Insights into continental rift-related magma chambers: Cognate nodules from the Kula Volcanic Province, Western Turkey. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 153(3-4), 241-261.
Graham Smith, Marian Holness & Judith Bunbury (2007) Rare magmatic scapolite oikocrysts in cumulate nodules from the Kula Volcanic Province, Western Turkey. Poster 67 Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Winter Meeting, 4-5 January, 2007
GrÞtzner, T., Prelević, D., & Akal, C. (2013). Geochemistry and origin of ultramafic enclaves and their basanitic host rock from Kula Volcano, Turkey. Lithos, 180-181, 58-73.
 
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