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Azinières, Saint-Beauzély, Millau, Aveyron, Occitanie, Francei
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Azinières- not defined -
Saint-BeauzélyCommune
MillauArrondissement
AveyronDepartment
OccitanieRegion
FranceCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
72090
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72090:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Midi-Pyrénées


Basanite with gneiss xenoliths, whose thermal decomposition produces quartz phenocrystals and glass rims (from rhyolitic to basaltic compositions).

Ref.:
Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéral. Cristallogr. , 1974, 97, 465-469.

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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Description: Microlites at the contact basanite/gneiss. Acmite.
ⓘ Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Description: Salite.
ⓘ 'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'
Description: Recrystallized in gneiss xenoliths.
ⓘ 'Glass'
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Tschermakite
Formula: ◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Description: Microlites at the contact basanite/quartz and basanite/gneiss.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAugite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘAegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
ⓘTschermakite9.DE.10◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series'-
ⓘ'Glass'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Oⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series
NaSodium
Naⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Siⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ Tschermakite◻(Ca2)(Mg3Al2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2
FeIron
Feⓘ AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Feⓘ Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Feⓘ Enstatite-Ferrosilite Series

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