Bocca di Tenda Complex, Pietralba, Calvi, Haute-Corse, Corsica, Francei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bocca di Tenda Complex | Complex |
| Pietralba | Commune |
| Calvi | Arrondissement |
| Haute-Corse | Department |
| Corsica | Region |
| France | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 34' North , 9° 12' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Age:
289.6 ± 2.5 Ma
Geologic Time:
Dating method:
U-Pb zircon crystallization
Reference for age:
Cocherie, A., Rossi, P., Fanning, C. M., & Guerrot, C. (2005). Comparative use of TIMS and SHRIMP for U
Köppen climate type:
The complex is hosted by orthogneisses and consists of gabbronorite, diorite and tonalite, which are cut by dikes up to 10m thick, of basalt and peralkaline rhyolite (Rennan et al. 2013).
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Aegirine | 9.DA.25 | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| ⓘ | Arfvedsonite | 9.DE.25 | [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Alkali Feldspar' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Arfvedsonite | [Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| O | ⓘ Arfvedsonite | [Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| Na | ⓘ Arfvedsonite | [Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| Si | ⓘ Arfvedsonite | [Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Arfvedsonite | [Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2 |
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References
Cocherie, A., Rossi, Ph., Fanning, C.M., Guerrot, C. (2005) Comparative use of TIMS and SHRIMP for U–Pb zircon dating of A-type granites and mafic tholeiitic layered complexes and dykes from the Corsican Batholith (France) Lithos, 82 (1) 185-219 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2004.12.016
Renna, Maria Rosaria, Tribuzio, Riccardo, Braga, Roberto (2013) Petrogenetic relationships between peralkaline rhyolite dykes and mafic rocks in the post-Variscan gabbroic complex from Bocca di Tenda (northern Corsica, France) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165 (6) 1073-1085 doi:10.1007/s00410-012-0848-z
