Locality type:

Complex

Classification

Species:

Aegirine-augite

Formula:

(Na_aCa_bFe_c²⁺Mg_d)(Fe_e³⁺Al_fFe_g²⁺Mg_h)Si₂O₆

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1408762

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1408762:6

GUID (UUID V4):

43ef4e9b-ada9-4f81-aded-d8004092cb58

References

Czygan, W. 1969. Petrographie und Alkali-Verteilung im Foyait der Serra de Monchique, Süd-Portugal. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Stuttgart, Abhandlungeb, 111, 32-73.

Gonçalves, F. (1967). Subsídios para o conhecimento geológico do maciço eruptivo de Monchique. Com. Serv. Geol. Portugal, 52, 169-184.

Rock, N. M. S. (1976). Fenitisation around the Monchique alkaline complex, Portugal. Lithos, 9(4), 263-279.

Rock, N. M. S. (1976). The comparative strontium isotopic composition of alkaline rocks: new data from Southern Portugal and East Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 56(2), 205-228.

Rock, N. M. S. (1978). Petrology and petrogenesis of the Monchique alkaline complex, southern Portugal. Journal of Petrology, 19(2), 171-214.

Macintyre, R. M., & Berger, G. W. (1982). A note on the geochronology of the Iberian Alkaline Province. Lithos, 15(2), 133-136.

Rock, N. M. (1982). Chemical mineralogy of the Monchique alkaline complex, southern Portugal. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 81(1), 64-78.

Bernard-Griffiths, J., Gruau, G., Cornen, G., Azambre, B., & Macé, J. (1997). Continental lithospheric contribution to alkaline magmatism: isotopic (Nd, Sr, Pb) and geochemical (REE) evidence from Serra de Monchique and Mount Ormonde complexes. Journal of Petrology, 38(1), 115-132.

Grange, M., Scharer, U., Merle, R., Girardeau, J., & Cornen, G. (2010). Plume–lithosphere interaction during migration of Cretaceous alkaline magmatism in SW Portugal: evidence from U–Pb ages and Pb–Sr–Hf isotopes. Journal of Petrology, 51(5), 1143-1170.

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	*Rock, N.M.S. (1982) The Late Cretaceous Alkaline Igneous Province in the Iberian Peninsula, and its tectonic significance. Lithos, 15 (2) 111-131 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(82)90004-4*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	major intrusive complexes of Monchique, Sines and Sintra in W. anra SW Portugal, to,,,.etLerwith their b...to theralitic minor intrusives in west central Portugal; about 80 small basanitic/iamprophyric to nepheline...Sezmount of the Gorringe Bank off the SW coast of Portugal. Most of these occurrences have been dated isotogically...Province are far from insignificant: the Monchique complex, for example, is one of the world's larger...feldspathoidal to peralkaline gneisses of Alentejo, Portugal (Floor 1974). Genert:lised descriptions of each
	*Rock, Nicholas M. S. (1982) Chemical mineralogy of the Monchique alkaline complex, southern Portugal. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 81 (1) 64-78 doi:10.1007/bf00371160*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Chemical Mineralogy of the Monchique Alkaline Complex, Southern Portugal Nicholas M.S. Rock Institute...(aluminous titanaugite through salite and aegirine-augite to acmite), amphiboles (subsilicic kaersutite...differentiated alkaline gabbroic-syenitic intrusions, Monchique also shows many unusual features: e.g. a restricted...geochemistry, that a major evolutionary process in the complex was a relatively discontinuous 'segregation' of...crystal fractionation. They also confirm that the complex represents neither a single in situ differentiating
	*ROCK, N. M. S. (1978) Petrology and Petrogenesis of the Monchique Alkaline Complex, Southern Portugal. Journal of Petrology, 19 (2) 171-214 doi:10.1093/petrology/19.2.171*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Petrology and Petrogenesis of the Monchique Alkaline Complex, Southern Portugal by N. M. S. ROCK Institute of...November 1976; in revisedform IS March 1977) Monchique is a sizeable subvolcanic ?laccolith, unusual...little to the evolution of the complex. INTRODUCTION T H E Serra de Monchique is a mountain range in the...the far south of Portugal, commanding both Atlantic coasts of that country and separating the provinces...lies parallel to the country-rock foliation. The Monchique intrusion is the type-locality for Foyaite (Blum
	Rock, N. M. S. (1979) Petrology and origin of the type monchiquites and associated lamprophyre dykes of Serra de Monchique, Portugal. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 70 (5). 149-170 doi:10.1017/s0080456800012953	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	associated lamprophyre dykes of Serra de Monchique, Portugal N. M. S. Rock Transactions of the Royal Society...associated lamprophyre dykes of Serra de Monchique, Portugal. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh...associated lamprophyre dykes of Serra de Monchique, Portugal N. M. S. Rock Institute of Geological Sciences...monchiquites from Monchique and Rio de Janeiro are hyalomonchiquites. The Monchique monchiquites are associated...camptonites and sannaites in a dykeswarm invading the Monchique foyaitic intrusion. Field, petrological, geothermometric
	Henderson, C. M. B., Pendlebury, K., Foland, K. A. (1989) Mineralogy and Petrology of the Red Hill Alkaline Igneous Complex, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Journal of Petrology, 30 (3) 627-666 doi:10.1093/petrology/30.3.627	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	and Petrology of the Red Hill Alkaline Igneous Complex, New Hampshire, U.S.A. by C. M. B. HENDERSON 1...katophorites and pyroxenes from ferrosalites to aegirine-augites; these trends follow the increasing degree...respectively, but OCS-B show fractionation towards aegirine-augites and katophorites. Mineral assemblages...fluid-saturated conditions. It seems likely that the complex formed by emplacement of fractionated magmas derived...after the main complex was formed. INTRODUCTION This study of the Red Hill complex forms part of continuing

Aegirine-augite from Monchique Complex, Monchique, Faro, Portugal

Aegirine-augite from
Monchique Complex, Monchique, Faro, Portugal