Fayalite from African Plate


Algeria
Djanet Province Djanet District ⓘ Gour Oumelalen	L. Latouche : "L'orthoferrosilite et les roches associées de la région des Gour Oumeladen (N.E. Ahaggar, Algérie)", Bull. Minéral. , 1983, 106, pp. 329-339.
In Salah Province In Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia ⓘ Acfer 214 meteorite	Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 73, Meteoritics 27, 477-483 (1992)
Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province) Tamanrasset District ⓘ Adriane volcano	M. Girod, Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral. Crist. , 1963, LXXXVI, pp. 121-125.
ⓘ Akar-Akar volcano	M. Girod, Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral. Crist. , 1963, LXXXVI, pp. 121-125.
ⓘ Tidjenouine	Bendaoud, A., Ouzegane, K., & Kienast, J. R. (2003). Textures and phase relationships in ferrous granulites from Tidjenouine (Hoggar, Algeria): fayalite–ferrossilite–quartz secondary assemblage. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 37(3), 241-255.

Angola
Benguela Province Balombo ⓘ Balombo occurrence	Lapido-Loureiro, F.E. (1967) Consideracoes sobre o quimismo dos sienitos nefelinicos. Breves referencias a rochas alcalinas de Angola e ao seu interesse economico. Boletim do Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica de Angola: 4: 37-65. Andrade, M.M. de (1959) Analise quimicas de rochas eruptivas de Angola, publicadas ate fins de 1959. Publicacoes do Museu e Laboratorio Mineralogico e Geologico da Faculdade de Ciencias do Porto, (4 Serie): 76. Andrade, M. de (1954) Contribution a l'etude des roches alcalines d'Angola (note preliminaire). In: 19th International Geological Congress, Algiers. Comptes Rendus: 19: 241-252.
ⓘ Chanja occurrence	De Sousa Machado, F. J. (1958). The volcanic belt of Angola and its carbonatites: Comm. Coop. Tech. Africa, Pub, (44), 307-317. Andrade, M. de 1954. Contribution a l'etude des roches alcalines d'Angola (note preliminaire). In: 19th International Geological Congress, Algiers. Comptes Rendus, 19, 241-252. Lapido-Loureiro, F.E. 1967. Consideracoes sobre o quimismo dos sienitos nefelinicos. Breves referencias a rochas alcalinas de Angola e ao seu interesse economico. Boletim do Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica de Angola, 4, 37-65.
Cuanza Sul Province ⓘ Chamaco Occurrence	de Andrade, M. M. (1955) Novo subsidio para o estudo das rochas alcalinas de Angola [New grant for the study of alkaline rocks in Angola]. Garcia de Orta. Revista da Junta das Missões Geográficas e de Investigações do Ultramar, 3. 37-46 Andrade, M. de 1954. Contribution a l'etude des roches alcalines d'Angola (note preliminaire). In: 19th International Geological Congress, Algiers. Comptes Rendus, 19, 241-252.
Huambo Province Jolomba ⓘ Jolomba meteorite	Sighinolfi, G. P., Garuti, G., & Morais, E. (1990) The Jolomba, Angola, LL chondrite. Meteoritics, Vol. 25, p.410.

Cameroon
Adamawa Region Mayo-Banyo Tikar plain ⓘ Pandé massif	Njonfang, E., Moreau, C. (2000) The mafic mineralogy of the Pandé massif, Tikar plain, Cameroon: implications for a peralkaline affinity and emplacement from highly evolved alkaline magma. Mineralogical Magazine 64(3), 525-537.
Littoral Region ⓘ Nlonako Intrusion	Cantagrel, J. M., Jamond, C. & Lasserre, M. (1978). LE MAGMATISME ALCALIN DE LA LIGNE DU CAMEROUN AU TERTIAIRE INFERIEUR: DONNEES GEOCHRONOLOGIQUES K/AR. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France Compte Rendu Sommaire des Seances, 20, 300-303. Lasserre, M. (1978). MISE AU POINT SUR LES GRANITOIDES DITS" ULTIMES" DU CAMEROUN: GISEMENT, PETROGRAPHIE ET GEOCHRONOLOGIE. Bulletin du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Paris, 4, 143-159.
Northwest Region ⓘ Oku Massif	Marzoli, A., Piccirillo, E. M., Renne, P. R., Bellieni, G., Iacumin, M., Nyobe, J. B., & Tongwa, A. T. (2000). The Cameroon Volcanic Line revisited: petrogenesis of continental basaltic magmas from lithospheric and asthenospheric mantle sources. Journal of petrology, 41(1), 87-109. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/41.1.87 Ballentine, C. J., Lee, D. C., & Halliday, A. N. (1997). Hafnium isotopic studies of the Cameroon line and new HIMU paradoxes. Chemical Geology, 139(1-4), 111-124. doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00028-4 Lee, D. C., Halliday, A. N., Davies, G. R., Essene, E. J., Fitton, J. G., & Temdjim, R. (1996). Melt enrichment of shallow depleted mantle: a detailed petrological, trace element and isotopic study of mantle-derived xenoliths and megacrysts from the Cameroon Line. Journal of Petrology, 37(2), 415-441. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/37.2.415 Déruelle, B., Moreau, C., Nkoumbou, C., Kambou, R., Lissom, J., Njonfang, E., ... & Nono, A. (1991). The Cameroon line: a review. In Magmatism in extensional structural settings (pp. 274-327). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Le Guern, F. & Sigvaldason, G. (1989). The lake Nyos event and natural CO2 degassing. J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res (Special Issue), 2-3, 97-275. Halliday, A. N., Dickin, A. P., Fallick, A. E., & Fitton, J. G. (1988). Mantle dynamics: a Nd, Sr, Pb and O isotopic study of the Cameroon line volcanic chain. Journal of Petrology, 29(1), 181-211. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/29.1.181 Fitton, J. G. (1987). The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30(1), 273-291. Fitton, J. G., & Dunlop, H. M. (1985). The Cameroon line, West Africa, and its bearing on the origin of oceanic and continental alkali basalt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 72(1), 23-38. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(85)90114-1 Marzoli, A., Renne, P. & Piccirillo, E.M. 1997. Ar/Ar data on volcanics of the continental Cameroon Line (Africa): time related migration of trachytic volcanism. Plinius, 18, 141-142.
Southwest Region ⓘ Manengouba stratovolcano	Ballentine, C. J., Lee, D. C., & Halliday, A. N. (1997). Hafnium isotopic studies of the Cameroon line and new HIMU paradoxes. Chemical Geology, 139(1-4), 111-124. doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00028-4 Déruelle, B., Moreau, C., Nkoumbou, C., Kambou, R., Lissom, J., Njonfang, E., ... & Nono, A. (1991). The Cameroon line: a review. In Magmatism in extensional structural settings (pp. 274-327). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. Halliday, A. N., Dickin, A. P., Fallick, A. E., & Fitton, J. G. (1988). Mantle dynamics: a Nd, Sr, Pb and O isotopic study of the Cameroon line volcanic chain. Journal of Petrology, 29(1), 181-211. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/29.1.181 Fitton, J. G. (1987). The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30(1), 273-291. Gèze, B. (1943). Géographie physique et géologie du Cameroun occidental (Vol. 17). Éditions du Muséum, 1-271. Jérémine, E. (1943). Contribution à l'étude pétrographique du Cameroun Occidental. In: Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, NS, 17, 273-320. Jérémine, E. (1941). Sur les laves des massifs volcaniques du Cameroun occidental. CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 212, 495-498.
ⓘ Rumpi Hills	Farges, François, Brown, Gordon E., Jr.,, Velde, Danielle (1994) Structural environment of Zr in two inosilicates from Cameroon: Mineralogical and geochemical implications. American Mineralogist, 79 (9-10) 838-847 Déruelle, B., Moreau, C., Nkoumbou, C., Kambou, R., Lissom, J., Njonfang, E., ... & Nono, A. (1991). The Cameroon line: a review. In Magmatism in extensional structural settings (pp. 274-327). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73966-8_12 Jérémine, E. (1943). Contribution à l'étude pétrographique du Cameroun Occidental. In: Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, NS, 17, 273-320.

Cape Verde
Sotavento Islands Fogo Island ⓘ Mount Fogo	Silva, T. P., De Oliveira, D. P., Veiga, J. P., Ávila, P., Candeias, C., Salas-Colera, E., & Caldeira, R. (2019). Mineralogy and chemistry of incrustations resulting from the 2014–2015 eruption of Fogo volcano, Cape Verde. Bulletin of Volcanology, 81(4), 1-17.

Central African Republic
Nana-Mambéré Lobaye River (Bali River) ⓘ Bali meteorite	Hoinkes, G., and Kurat, G. (1975): Meteoritics 10, 416.

DR Congo
North Kivu Beni Territory Bashu ⓘ Bingo carbonatite	Williams, C. T., Wall, F., Woolley, A. R., & Phillipo, S. (1997). Compositional variation in pyrochlore from the Bingo carbonatite, Zaire. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 25(1), 137-145. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00066-3 Woolley, A. R., Williams, C. T., Wall, F., Garcia, D., & Moute, J. (1995). The Bingo carbonatite-ijolite-nepheline syenite complex, Zaire: geology, petrography, mineralogy and petrochemistry. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 21(3), 329-348. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(95)00093-9 USGS Open-File Report 02–156–A
Rutshuru Territory Bwito ⓘ Lueshe Mine	Berger, Vladimir I., Singer, Donald A., Orris, Greta J. (2009) Carbonatites of the World, Explored Deposits of Nb and REE—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models . Open-File Report 2009-1139. U.S. Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091139
South Kivu Kabare Territory ⓘ Biega Complex	Kampunzu, A. B., Lubala, R. T., Makutu, M. N., Caron, J. P., Rocci, G., & Vellutini, P. J. (1985). Les complexes alcalins de la région interlacustre à l'est du Zaïre et au Burundi: un exemple de massifs anorogéniques de relaxation. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 151-167. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90033-8 Lubala, R. T., Kampunzu, A. B., & Makutu, M. N. (1985). Un inventaire des complexes anorogéniques du Burundi, du Ruanda et du Zaïre. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 169-174. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90034-X VELLUTINI, P., BONHOMME, M., CARON, J., KAMPUNZU, A., & LUBALA, T. (1981). ON THE TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALKALINE ACIDIC COMPLEXES OF KAHUZI AND BIEGA (KIVU, ZAIRE). COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II, 292(14), 1027-1029. N.. Boutakoff. (1956). Les Massifs volcaniques du Kahusi et du Biega (Kivu, Congo belge). Memoires de l'Institut Geologique de l'Universite de Louvain, 9 (5), 1-41.
ⓘ Bukavu Volcanic Field	Kampunzu, A. B., Bonhomme, M. G., & Kanika, M. (1998). Geochronology of volcanic rocks and evolution of the Cenozoic Western Branch of the East African Rift System. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 26(3), 441-461. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00025-6 Auchapt, A., Dupuy, C., Dostal, J., & Kanika, M. (1987). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of rift-related volcanic rocks from South Kivu (Zaire). Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 31(1-2), 33-46. doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(87)90004-7 Kampunzu, A. B., Vellutini, P. J., Caron, J. P., Lubala, R. T., & Kanika, M. (1983). Le volcanisme et l'evolution structurale du Sud-Kivu (Zaire). Un modele d'interpretation geodynamique du volcanisme distensif intracontinental. Bulletin des centres de recherches exploration-Production Elf-Aquitaine, 7(1), 257-271. Kanika, M., Kampunzu, A. B., Caron, J. P. H., & Vellutini, P. J. (1981). Données nouvelles sur le volcanisme de la haute Ruzizi (Sud Kivu, Zaire). CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 292, 1277-1282.
Kalehe Territory ⓘ Kambusi Complex	Rumvegeri, B. R., Caron, J. P. H., Kampunzu, A. B., Lubala, R. T., & Vellutini, P. J. (1985). Pétrologie et signification géotectonique des plutonites de Kambusi (sud Kivu, Zaïre). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(2), 304-311. doi.org/10.1139/e85-029

Egypt
Aswan Governorate ⓘ Bir Um Hibal Complex	Mohamed, F. H. (1996). Geochemistry of Bir Um Hibal complex: alkaline syenites and granites from the Eastern Desert of Egypt. CHEMIE DER ERDE-GEOCHEMISTRY, 56(1), 45-64. Hashad, A. H., AH, H., & EL REEDY, M. W. M. (1979). Geochronology of the anorogenic alkalic rocks South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, 9, 81-101.
Beheira Governorate Abu Hommos Nakhla ⓘ Nakhla Martian meteorite	Malavergne, V., Guyot, F., Benzerara, K., & Martinez, I. (2001). Description of new shock‐induced phases in the Shergotty, Zagami, Nakhla and Chassigny meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 36(10), 1297-1305. Hamilton and Christensen (1997) J. Geophys. Res., 102 E11:25593-25603 Berkley, J. L., Keil, K., & Prinz, M. (1980) Comparative petrology and origin of Governador Valadares and other nakhlites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 11th, Houston, TX, March 17-21, 1980, Proceedings. Volume 2. (A82-22296 09-91) New York, Pergamon Press, 1980, p. 1089-1102.
Red Sea Governorate ⓘ Nuweibi Complex	Alekseev, Viktor I., Alekseev, Ivan V. (2023) The Presence of Wodginite in Lithium–Fluorine Granites as an Indicator of Tantalum and Tin Mineralization: A Study of Abu Dabbab and Nuweibi Massifs (Egypt) Minerals, 13 (11) doi:10.3390/min13111447

Eritrea
Northern Red Sea Region Alid volcanic center ⓘ Granophyre outcrops	Journal of Petrology, Vol. 38, Nb 12, 1997, pp. 1707-1721.

Ethiopia
Afar Region Fanti Rasu ⓘ Limmo Granite Intruson	Black, R., Morton, W. H., Rex, D. C., & Shackleton, R. M. (1972). Sur la découverte en Afar (Ethiopie) d'un granite hyperalcalin miocène: le massif de Limmo. CR Acad. Sc. Paris, 274, 1453-1456.

Italy
Sicily Metropolitan City of Catania Biancavilla ⓘ Mt Calvario ?	Di Franco, S. (1942): Mineralogia Etnea. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, Serie IV, 5, 175 pp.
Metropolitan City of Messina Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands) Lipari Vulcano Island ⓘ La Fossa crater	Campostrini, I., Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C. M., Russo, M. (2011) Vulcano - Tre secoli di mineralogia. Associazione Micro-mineralogica Italiana, Cremona, Italy.

Mali
Kidal Region Kidal Cercle ⓘ Kidal-Tibeljeljeline Complex	Ba, H., Black, R., Benziane, B., Diombana, D., Hascoet-Fender, J., Bonin, B., ... & Liégeois, J. P. (1985). La province des complexes annulaires alcalins sursaturés de l'Adrar des Iforas, Mali. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 123-142. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90031-4 Liégeois, J. P., & Black, R. (1984). Pétrographie et géochronologie Rb-Sr de la transition calco-alcaline-alcaline fini-Panafricaine dans l'Adrar des Iforas (Mali): accrétion crustale au Précambrien supérieur. In Géologie africaine (pp. 115-145). Black, R., Ba, H., Ball, E., Bertrand, J. M., Boullier, A. M., Caby, R., ... & Wright, L. I. (1979). Outline of the Pan-African geology of adrar des Iforas (Republic of Mali). Geologische Rundschau, 68(2), 543-564. doi.org/10.1007/BF01820806

Mauritania
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Nouadhibou ⓘ Galb Inal meteorite	(n.d.) Meteoritical Bulletin Database, The Meteoritical Society.

Namibia
Oshikoto Region Tsumeb ⓘ Tsumeb smelter slag locality	Ettler, V., Johan, Z., Kříbek, B., Šebek, O. & Mihaljevič, M. (2009): Mineralogy and environmental stability of slags from the Tsumeb smelter, Namibia. Applied Geochemistry 24, 1-15.

Niger
Agadez Aïr Mountains ⓘ Iskou ring complex	Leger, J. M. (1985). Géologie et évolution magmatique du complexe plutonique d'Iskou (Aïr, Niger). Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 89-96. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90026-0 Karche, J. P., & Vachette, M. (1978). Age et migration de l'activite magmatique dans les complexes paleozoiques du Niger consequences. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 7(6), 941-953. doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XX.6.941 Moreau, C. 1987. Les complexes anorogéniques á suite anorthositique de l'Aïr (Niger): contribution à l'étude des anorthosites. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 8(3), 115-122.
Diffa Maïné-Soroa ⓘ Gamedou occurrence	Garde, G. 1911. Description géologique des regions situées entre le Niger et le Tchad et a l'est et au nord-est du Tchad. These, Université de Clermont-Ferrand. Published by A. Hermann et Fils, Paris.
Zinder ⓘ Tchouni-Zarniski Complexes	Karche, J. P., & Vachette, M. (1978). Age et migration de l'activite magmatique dans les complexes paleozoiques du Niger Black, R. (1963). Note sur les complexes annulaires de Tchoni-Zarniski et de Gouré (Niger). Bulletin du Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières, (1), 31-45. consequences. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 7(6), 941-953. doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.S7-XX.6.941

Nigeria
Bauchi Shira ⓘ Shira Complex	Bennett, J. N., Turner, D. C., Ike, E. C., & Bowden, P. (1984). The geology of some northern Nigerian anorogenic ring complexes. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 61, 1-65. Rahaman, M. A., Van Breemen, O., Bowden, P., & Bennett, J. N. (1984). Age migrations of anorogenic ring complexes in Northern Nigeria. The Journal of Geology, 92(2), 173-184. doi.org/10.1086/628847
Jigawa Birnin Kudu ⓘ Birnin Kudu Complex	Bennett, J. N., Turner, D. C., Ike, E. C., & Bowden, P. (1984). The geology of some northern Nigerian anorogenic ring complexes. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 61, 1-65.
Dutse ⓘ Dutse Complex	Bennett, J. N., Turner, D. C., Ike, E. C., & Bowden, P. (1984). The geology of some northern Nigerian anorogenic ring complexes. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 61, 1-65. Rahaman, M. A., Van Breemen, O., Bowden, P., & Bennett, J. N. (1984). Age migrations of anorogenic ring complexes in Northern Nigeria. The Journal of Geology, 92(2), 173-184. doi.org/10.1086/628847 Bennett, J. N., Turner, D. C., Ike, E. C., & Bowden, P. (1984). The geology of some northern Nigerian anorogenic ring complexes. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 61, 1-65. Rahaman, M. A., Van Breemen, O., Bowden, P., & Bennett, J. N. (1984). Age migrations of anorogenic ring complexes in Northern Nigeria. The Journal of Geology, 92(2), 173-184. doi.org/10.1086/628847
Katsina Faskari ⓘ Zagami Martian meteorite	Wang, A., Jolliff, B. L., & Haskin, L. A. (1999). Raman spectroscopic characterization of a Martian SNC meteorite: Zagami. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (1991–2012), 104(E4), 8509-8519. T.J. McCoy, M. Wadhwa, K. Keil, New lithologies in the Zagami meteorite: evidence for fractional crystallization of a single magma unit on Mars, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 63, Issues 7–8, April 1999, Pages 1249-1262,
Plateau Jos Plateau ⓘ Kigom	OMADA, J.I., MARTINS, R.F. & ABAA, S.I. (2003): The Kigom peralkaline granite pluton of the Nigerian Younger Granite suite.- Global J. of Geol. Sci., Nigeria, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp 1-11.
Younger ring complex ⓘ Jos-Bukuru	Wooley, A.R. (2001) Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world Part 3: Africa, p.242.

Portugal (FRL)
Azores ⓘ Faial (TL)	Gmelin, C.G. (1840): Chemische Untersuchung des Fayalites, Annalen der Chemie und Physik, Vol. 127 (2/051), pp. 160
Horta Conceição ⓘ Ponta de Espalamaca	von Fellenberg, R.L. (1840): Analyse des Eisenperidots, eines neuen vulkanischen Minerals von den Azoren, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 127 (2/051), pp. 261
Terceira Angra do Heroísmo ⓘ Caldeira-Castelinho Ignimbrite Formation	Jeffery, A.J., Gertisser, R., Jackson, R.A., O'Driscoll, B., Kronz, A. (2016): PREPUBLICATION: On the compositional variability of dalyite, K2ZrSi6O15: a new occurrence from Terceira, Azores. Mineralogical Magazine, Prepublication, 39 pp. (available on line since January 1, 2016).

South Africa
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex ⓘ Pilanesberg Mountain	Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa, Linden .
Rustenburg Local Municipality Rustenburg ⓘ Waaikraal gold deposit	S.M.C. Verryn et al (1991) Gold and associated ore minerals of the Waaikraal deposit, northwest of Brits, Bushveld Complex, Eur. J. Mineral, 3, pp. 451-466.
Western Cape Cape Winelands District Municipality Witzenberg Local Municipality Koue Bokkeveld Mountain ⓘ Koue Bokkeveld meteorite	Zega, T. J., Buseck, P. R. (2000) Mineralogy of a Fine-Grained Rim Within the Cold Bokkeveld CM Chondrite; a Transmission Electron Microscopy Study. 63rd Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting. MacDougall, J. D. & Phinney, D. (1977) Olivine separates from Murchison and Cold Bokkeveld - Particle tracks and noble gases. In: Lunar Science Conference, 8th, Houston, Tex., March 14-18, 1977, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A78-41551 18-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1977, p. 293-311.

Western Sahara
al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a (Saguia el Hamra) Dchira ⓘ Northwest Africa 773 Lunar meteorite (NWA 773)	Meteoritical Society Abstracts (2001)

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