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Sodalite from
Osečná Complex, Osečná, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Sodalite
Formula:Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sodalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Osečná Complex, Osečná, Liberec District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1373005
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1373005:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sodalite
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘLausitz Volcanic Field, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘLuž phonolite, Mařenice, Česká Lípa District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
34.5km (21.4 miles) ⓘVelký Újezd dikes, Velký Újezd, Chorušice, Mělník District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘRoztoky Intrusive Centre, Roztoky, Povrly, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘBýčkovice Intrusions, Býčkovice, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘŘíp Hill Volcanic Neck, Mnetěš, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
60.8km (37.8 miles) ⓘMariánská Skála (Mariánská hora; Marienberg), Ústí nad Labem, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘKoštál Diatreme, Jenčice, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
71.0km (44.1 miles) ⓘMartiněves Dike, Martiněves, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
85.2km (53.0 miles) ⓘŽelenický hill, Želenice, Most District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
References
Ulrych, J., Pivec, E. Rutšek, J. & Povondra, P. 1990. Olivines, monticelites and clinopyroxenes in melilitic rocks, Ploučnice River Region, Czechoslovakia. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geologica, 141-164.
Ulrych, J., Pivec, Povondra, P. & Rutšek 1990. Phlogopites from subvolcanic melilitic rocks, Ploučnice River Region, Czechoslovakia. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geologica, 9-24.
Ulrych, J., Povondra, P., Rutšek, J., & Pivec, E. (1988). Melilitic and melilite-bearing subvolcanic rocks from the Ploučnice river region, Czechoslovakia. Acta Univ. Carol., Geol, 2, 195-231.
Ulrych, J., Pivec, E., Povondra, P., Rutsek, J. (1988) Perovskite from melilite rocks, Osecná complex, northern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte, 1988 (2) 81-95
Ulrych, J., Povondra, P., Pivec, E., Rutsek, J., & Sitek, J. (1994). Compositional evolution of metasomatic garnet in melilitic rocks of the Osecná complex, Bohemia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 32(3), 637-647.
Pivec, E, Ulrych, J, Höhndorf. A., , Rutsek, J (1998) Melilitic rocks from northern Bohemia: geochemistry and mineralogy. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 173 (2). 119-154 doi:10.1127/njma/173/1998/119
Ulrych, J., Pivec, E., Povondra, P., Rutšek, J. (2000) Upper-mantle xenoliths in melilitic rocks of the Osečná Complex, North Bohemia. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 45 (1-2) 79-83
Ulrych, J., Dostal, J., Hegner, E., Balogh, K., & Ackerman, L. (2008). Late Cretaceous to Paleocene melilitic rocks of the Ohře/Eger Rift in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic: Insights into the initial stages of continental rifting. Lithos, 101(1-2), 141-161.
Ulrych, J., Adamovic, J., Krmicek, L., Ackerman, L., & Balogh, K. (2014). Revision of Scheumann’s classification of melilitic lamprophyres and related melilitic rocks in light of new analytical data. Journal of Geosciences, 59(1), 3-22.
 
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