Hercynite from African Plate


Algeria
In Guezzam Province In Guezzam District Laouni ⓘ Laouni West intrusion	J.P. Lorand and J.Y. Cottin, Bull. Minéral. , 1987, 110, pp. 373-378.
Ouargla Province Hassi Messaoud District Hassi Messaoud ⓘ Ain Taiba	C. Hejny et al. (2002) Eur. J. Mineral. 14, 957-967
Skikda Province Ben Azzouz District El Marsa Cap de Fer ⓘ Aïn Nousri volcano	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 625-638.
Collo District Cheraia ⓘ Kef Cheraya	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 625-638.
Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province) Tamanrasset District In Ouzzal ⓘ Khanfous	M. Guiraud, J.R. Kienast, A. Rahmani : "Petrological study of high-temperature granulites from In Ouzal, Algeria : some implications on the phase relationships in the FMASTOCr system", Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, 1375-1390.

Brazil
Pernambuco São Pedro e São Paulo archipelago ⓘ São Paulo island	Washington, H.S. (1929) The American Mineralogist, 14, 369-372.

Burkina Faso
Sahel Region Soum Province Arbinda Department ⓘ Belhoura	Schaeneman, L. G. (1994). The Geology and gold mineralization of the Belhoura Region, Northern Burkina Faso, West Africa, and their implications for the Birimian of West Africa. Univerdity of Arizona Masters thesis

Egypt
New Valley Governorate ⓘ Isna meteorite	Methot, R. L., Noonan, Albert F., Jarosewich, E. & Degasparis, A. A. (1974). The Isna meteorite - a C3 find from Egypt. Meteoritics 9 (4): 381-382. (Dec 1974)

Ethiopia
Benishangul-Gumuz Region Asosa Zone ⓘ Tumet river	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.) analytical data.

Italy
Sicily Channel (Sicilian Channel; Strait of Sicily) ⓘ Pantelleria East Seamount	Rotolo, S.G., Castorina, F., Cellura, D., Pompilio, M. (2006): Petrology and geochemistry of submarine volcanism in the Sicily Channel Rift. J. Geol., 114, 3, 355-365.
Sicily Syracuse Province Melilli ⓘ Cozzo Molino	S. Tonarini et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 1153-1173.

Ivory Coast
Montagnes Tonkpi Biankouma Department ⓘ Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion	Gouedji, F., Picard, C., Coulibaly, Y., Audet, M. A., Auge, T., Goncalves, P., ... & Ouattara, N. (2014). The Samapleu mafic-ultramafic intrusion and its Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization: an Eburnean (2.09 Ga) feeder dyke to the Yacouba layered complex (Man Archean craton, western Ivory Coast). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 185(6), 393-411.
Woroba Worodougou Séguéla department Toubabouko ⓘ Toubabouko diamond field	[var. Chromohercynite] Pouclet A. et al. (2004) C.R.Geoscience 336, 9-17

Libya
Jabal al Gharbi District Hamadah al Hamra ⓘ Hammadah al Hamra meteorite (HaH 280)	Bukovanská, M., Brandstätter, F., Kurat, G. (2003) 66th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting 5154, NWA 1560 (CK4/5) and NWA 1563 (CK5) - a Comparison with HaH 280 (CK4) Chondrite.

Malawi
Central Region Ntcheu ⓘ Chimwadzulu Hill	H.G. Dill, A review of mineral resources in Malawi: With special reference to aluminium variation in mineral deposits, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 47, Issue 3, March 2007, Pages 153-173, ISSN 1464-343X, 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.12.006.
Northern Region Mzimba ⓘ Champirar Dome	in: Dunn, P.J., Cabri, L.J., Ferraiolo, J.A., Grice, J.D., Jambor, J.L., Mueller, W., Shigley, J.E., Puziewicz, J., Vanko, D.A. (1985): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 69: 1195 Haslam, H.W. (1983): An isotropic alteration of cordierite. Mineralogical Magazine: 47: 238-240

Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Errachidia Province Er-Rissani Cercle Sidi Ali Caïdat ⓘ Northwest Africa 4590 meteorite (NWA 4590)	Kuehner, S. M. & Irving, A. J. (2007) Primary Ferric Iron-Bearing Rhönite in Plutonic Igneous Angrite NWA 4590: Implications for Redox Conditions on the Angrite Parent Body, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abs. #P41A-0219. (Dec 2007) Kuehner, S. M. & Irving, A. J. (2007) Primary Ferric Iron-Bearing Rhönite in Plutonic Igneous Angrite NWA 4590: Implications for Redox Conditions on the Angrite Parent Body. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #P41A-0219. (Dec 2007)
Zagora Province Zagora Cercle Tagounite Caïdat ⓘ Northwest Africa 4931 meteorite (NWA 4931)	Riches et al., (2012). Mineralogical and trace-element constraints on the petrogenesis of Angrites. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLII, pdf#2229

Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 1934 meteorite (NWA 1934)	Caltech, photomicrograph by Chi Ma.

South Africa
Northern Cape Namakwa District Municipality Kamiesberg Local Municipality ⓘ Bok se Puts Farm	Moore, J. M., Waters, D. J., & Niven, M. L. (1990). Werdingite, a new borosilicate mineral from the granulite facies of the western Namaqualand metamorphic complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist, 75(3-4), 415-420.
Western Cape West Coast District Municipality Matzikama Local Municipality ⓘ Steenkampskraal Mine	Knoper, M. W. (2010, November). The mesoproterozoic Steenkampskraal rare-earth element deposit in Namaqualand, South Africa. In 2010 GSA, Denver Annual Meeting (31 October–3 November 2010) Paper No. 132–134.

Zimbabwe
Mashonaland West Karoi District ⓘ Magondi belt	Grew, E. S., Yates, M. G., Shearer, C. K., & Wiedenbeck, M. (1997). Werdingite from the Urungwe district, Zimbabwe. Mineralogical Magazine, 61(5), 713-718.

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