Locality type: | Island |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Melilite Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | Ca2M(XSiO7) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melilite Group data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Santiago Island, Sotavento Islands, Cape Verde |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1418679 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1418679:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 9d1bfe1a-2f3c-4869-866c-a5140597b553 |
References |
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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 Hoernle, K., Tilton, G., Le Bas, M. J., Duggen, S., & Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2002). Geochemistry of oceanic carbonatites compared with continental carbonatites: mantle recycling of oceanic crustal carbonate. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142(5), 520-542. doi.org/10.1007/s004100100308 Barker, A. K., Holm, P. M., Peate, D. W., & Baker, J. A. (2009). Geochemical stratigraphy of submarine lavas (3–5 Ma) from the Flamengos Valley, Santiago, southern Cape Verde islands. Journal of Petrology, 50(1), 169-193. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egn081 Martins, S., Mata, J., Munhá, J., Mendes, M. H., Maerschalk, C., Caldeira, R., & Mattielli, N. (2010). Chemical and mineralogical evidence of the occurrence of mantle metasomatism by carbonate-rich melts in an oceanic environment (Santiago Island, Cape Verde). Mineralogy and Petrology, 99(1-2), 43-65. doi.org/10.1007/s00710-009-0078-x Barker, A. K., Holm, P. M., Peate, D. W., & Baker, J. A. (2010). A 5 million year record of compositional variations in mantle sources to magmatism on Santiago, southern Cape Verde archipelago. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 160(1), 133-154. doi.org/10.1007/s00410-009-0470-x Mata, J., Moreira, M., Doucelance, R., Ader, M., & Silva, L. C. (2010). Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: implications for carbon provenance. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 291(1-4), 70-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052 |