Locality type:

Island

Classification

Species:

'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi₂]O₈

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Santo Antão Island, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1418508

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1418508:9

GUID (UUID V4):

4a539c47-9d93-4344-b675-250adf66c388

References

Gerlach, D. C., Cliff, R. A., Davies, G. R., Norry, M., & Hodgson, N. (1988). Magma sources of the Cape Verdes archipelago: isotopic and trace element constraints. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52(12), 2979-2992. doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(88)90162-7

Plesner, S., Holm, P. M., & Wilson, J. R. (2003). 40Ar–39Ar geochronology of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 120(1-2), 103-121. doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(02)00367-0

Holm, P. M., Wilson, J. R., Christensen, B. P., Hansen, L., Hansen, S. L., Hein, K. M., ... & Runge, M. K. (2006). Sampling the Cape Verde mantle plume: evolution of melt compositions on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Petrology, 47(1), 145-189. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egi071

Mortensen, A. K., Wilson, J. R., & Holm, P. M. (2009). The Cão Grande phonolitic fall deposit on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 179(1-2), 120-132. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.014

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	Pinto, Marina, Silva, Eduardo, Silva, Maria, Melo-Gonçalves, Paulo, Candeias, Carla (2014) Environmental Risk Assessment Based on High-Resolution Spatial Maps of Potentially Toxic Elements Sampled on Stream Sediments of Santiago, Cape Verde. Geosciences, 4 (4) 297-315 doi:10.3390/geosciences4040297	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Elements Sampled on Stream Sediments of Santiago, Cape Verde Marina M. S. Cabral Pinto 1,2,3,, Eduardo A...sediments of Santiago, Cape* Verde, identifying the potentially harmful areas in this island. The Estimated Background...associations between the geological formations of the island and the composition of stream sediments were identified...Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Santiago Island; Cape Verde 1. Introduction The study of the effects...values are especially important in countries like Cape Verde, where intervention limits for near-surface environment
	*Schlüter, Thomas (2006) Geological Atlas of Africa* - With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards and Geosites of Each Country. doi:10.1007/3-540-29145-8**	Book
	(Rostock) I am indebted for his contribution on the island of Socotra. I am grateful to Dr. Christian Witschel...Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canary Islands (Spain) Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad The Comoros...territories of continental Africa and adjacent islands considered in the atlas are home for about 850...outlined in the epilogue for the Gondwana 10 Symposium (Cape Town 1999) by Ashwal and De Wit (2000), much of...postulated a zone of volcanism extending from the Cape to Ethiopia,roughly parallel to the Indian Ocean
	*Explanatory, Notes to the Map: Metamorphic Structure of the Alps (2004) Oberhänsli R. (Ed.) & Goffé B. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 149.*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	used as standard material, is obsidian from the island of Santorini (KANTIRANIS et al., 1999). Crystalline...AT SULFUR K-EDGE OF HAÜYNE FROM SAINT ANTÃO ISLAND (CAPE VERDE) Figueiredo, M.O.1, Pereira da Silva,...tephritic and phonolitic rocks from Santo Antão Island, Cape Verde Arquipelago, and a peculiar microstructure...by SRXRF analysis in all haüyne samples from Santo Antão. In parallel, an X-ray absorption study at the...(1733 – †1785), who discovered this mineral near the Cape* of Good Hope as the first type mineral of the African

Plagioclase from Santo Antão Island, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde

Plagioclase from
Santo Antão Island, Barlavento Islands, Cape Verde