	1
SiO₂	40,73 %
TiO₂	8,47 %
Al₂O₃	10,62 %
Fe₂O₃	1,39 %
FeO	11,91 %
MnO	0,25 %
MgO	10,46 %
CaO	10,40 %
Na₂O	2,92 %
K₂O	1,33 %
H₂O+	1,97 %
H₂O-	0,23 %
Total:	94 %

Sample references:

1	-	Yagi, Kenzo (1953) Petrochemical studies on the alkalic rocks of the Morotu district, Sakhalin. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 64, 769-810.

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

832067

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:832067:4

GUID (UUID V4):

c26c28fe-ee59-48c9-bead-e55af92a518d

References

Yagi, Kenzo (1953) Petrochemical studies on the alkalic rocks of the Morotu district, Sakhalin. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 64, 769-810.

Howie, R. A. (1963) Kaersutite from the Lugar sill, Ayrshire, and from alnöite breccia, Alnö Island, Sweden. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 33 (263) 718-720 doi:10.1180/minmag.1963.033.263.10 contains an analysis of kaersutite from "Tyaki, Morotu, Sakhalin, URSS" and referring to Yagi, 1953

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	*Aoki, Ken-Ichiro (1964) Clinopyroxenes from alkaline rocks of Japan. American Mineralogist, 49 (9-10) 1199-1223*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	clinopyroxenes from the alkaline rocks of Japan, Morotu (Yagi, 1953), and Pantelieria (Carmichael, 1962)...coexists with calciferous amphiboles (hornblende, kaersutite and hastingsite) and alkali amphiboles (arfvedsonite...Yagi (1953)in his investigationof rocks from the Morotu area of SakhaIin. The clinopyroxenesof Garbh, Eilean...Iki Island and adjacent areas. Alkali basalts and mugearites are widely distributed on Iki Island and...alkali basalt-mugearite-trachyte association (kaersutite-free group) and trachl'basalt-trachyandesite-trachvte-alkali
	COOMBS, D. S., WILKINSON, J. F. G. (1969) Lineages and Fractionation Trends in Undersaturated Volcanic Rocks from the East Otago Volcanic Province (New Zealand) and Related Rocks. Journal of Petrology, 10 (3) 440-501 doi:10.1093/petrology/10.3.440	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	clinopyroxene, feldspar, nepheline, and sparse kaersutite, in a groundmass of plagioclase, clinopyroxene...Crossed polars, x 60 magnification. Phenocrysts of kaersutite up to 2 cm in length were noted at the outcrop... and nepheline. Similar aggregates without a kaersutite core are interpreted as completely resorbed amphibole...and sodalite. Partially resorbed phenocrysts of kaersutite are rather more common than in the vitrophyric...following reaction with the melt. Thus entire kaersutite crystals or their outer zones may be dissociated
	*Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., Zussman, J. (1962) Rock-Forming Minerals* (1st ed.) Vol. 2 - Chain Silicates. Longman.**	Book (volume)
	Basaltic Hornblende . . . . . . .315 Kaersutite ......... 321 Barkevikite ......... 328...garnet-orthopyroxene-quartz rock. Pond Inlet, N.E. Baffin Island (Howie, unpublished). Anal. R. A. Howie. 16. Eulite...Salite, pyroxene-rich xenolith in diorite, Glenmore River, Suardalan, Glenelg-Ratagain, Scotland (Nicholls...Tetuke, Far 0-024 47° Eastern Russia 64°(?) Tetuke, Far 0-020 47° Eastern Russia New Hampshire 62-5° 0-029...Aegirine-Aegirine-augite 89 In the alkaline district of Alno Island (Eckermann, 1948) aegirine or aegirineaugite occurs
	*Deer, W. A., Howie, R. A., Zussman, J. (1978) Rock-Forming Minerals* (2nd ed.) Vol. 2A - Single-Chain Silicates. The Geological Society, London.**	Book (volume)
	ectite, gabbro inclusion in alkali basalt, lki Island, Japan (Aoki, 1968). Anal. K. Aoki. . 12 Broozite...Huzimoto. 14 Bronzile, pyroxene diodte, Feather River area, northern Sierra Nevada, California (Hietaoen...-0rthopyroxenc-quart2 rock, Pond Inlet, NE. Baffin Island (Howie, 1963). Anal. R. A. Howie. 27 Eulite, pyroxene-...member of the lamprophyric dyke swarm at Mocraki River, New Zealand (Wallace, 1975). The compositions of...xenoliths in the basalts and trachybasalts of Gough Island has been described by Le Maitre (1965). The spinel
	*Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy* (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872**	Book (edition)
	Geol. of Ore Deposits, Acad. of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Per Nysten: University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden...Tuscon, Arizona. Barry Yampol: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Victor Yount: Warrenton, Virginia. Josef...Romania, especially Rosia Montana (Verespatik). In Russia, gold is found on the eastern slope of the Ural...Creek, NT. In New Zealand, Hauraki Peninsula, North Island, and placer deposits in Nelson, Westland, Otago...Italy; Smeingorsk, Semenowsky, and Altai, Siberia, Russia; Rudnui() and Dhezkazgan(), Kazakhstan; Salida

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Kaersutite from Morotu river, Morotu (Morotsu; Morutu), Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Kaersutite from
Morotu river, Morotu (Morotsu; Morutu), Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia