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Nepheline from
Cantal Volcano, Thiézac, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cantal Volcano, Thiézac, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1380136
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1380136:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘAubrac Volcanic Field, Condom-d'Aubrac, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
58.2km (36.1 miles) ⓘMont-Dore Volcanic Field (Mont-Dore volcanic province), Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
76.0km (47.2 miles) ⓘPuy de Saint-Sandoux (Puy de Barneire), Saint-Sandoux, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
82.2km (51.1 miles) ⓘLapanouse-de-Sévérac slag locality, Sévérac-d'Aveyron, Rodez, Aveyron, Occitanie, France
91.5km (56.9 miles) ⓘLimagne Basin, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
92.9km (57.7 miles) ⓘBizac volcano, Le Brignon, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘMont Croustet, Ceyssac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
93.4km (58.0 miles) ⓘMont Denise, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
95.7km (59.4 miles) ⓘVelay Volcanic Area, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
References
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Wilson, M., Downes, H., & Cebria, J. M. (1995). Contrasting fractionation trends in coexisting continental alkaline magma series; Cantal, Massif Central, France. Journal of Petrology, 36(6), 1729-1753.
Brousse, R. (1961). Recueil des analyses chimiques des roches volcaniques tertiaires et quaternaires de la France. Bull. Serv. Carte géol. France, 58(263), 1-140.
Varet, J. (1969). Les phonolites agpaitiques et miaskitiques du Cantal septentrional (Auvergne, France). Bulletin Volcanologique, 33(2), 621-656.
de Goer, A., & Mergoil, J. (1971). Structure et dynamique des édifices volcaniques tertiaires et quaternaires. In Symposium sur la géologie, la morphologie, et la structure profonde du Massif Central français (pp. 345-376).
Brousse, R., Rançon, J. Ph. (1984) Crystallization trends of pyroxenes from agpaitic phonolites (Cantal, France) Mineralogical Magazine, 48 (346) 39-45 doi:10.1180/minmag.1984.048.346.06
Downes, Hilary (1984) Sr and Nd isotope geochemistry of coexisting alkaline magma series, Cantal, Massif Central, France. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 69 (2) 321-334 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(84)90191-2
Downes, H.; Leyreloup, A. (1986) Granulitic xenoliths from the French Massif Central—petrology, Sr and Nd isotope systematics and model age estimates. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24 (1). p.319-330. doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1986.024.01.28
Downes, Hilary (1987) Tertiary and Quaternary volcanism in the Massif Central, France. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30 (1). p.517-530. doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1987.030.01.25
Downes, H. (1989) Magma mixing in undersaturated alkaline volcanics, Cantal, Massif Central, France. Mineralogical Magazine, 53 (369) 43-53 doi:10.1180/minmag.1989.053.369.04
Caroff, Martial, Ambrics, Cécile, Maury, RenéC., Cotten, Joseph (1997) From alkali basalt to phonolite in hand-size samples: vapor-differentiation effects in the Bouzentès lava flow (Cantal, France) Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 79 (1) 47-61 doi:10.1016/s0377-0273(97)00023-1
Schneider, J. L., & Fisher, R. V. (1998). Transport and emplacement mechanisms of large volcanic debris avalanches: evidence from the northwest sector of Cantal Volcano (France). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 83(1-2), 141-165.
Platevoet, R., SCHNEIDER, J. L., Lefevre, C., & Nehlig, P. (1999). Les formations pyroclastiques du strato-volcan du Cantal sont-elles liées à une vaste caldéra centrale? Apport des dynamismes volcaniques. Géologie de la France, (4), 77-91.
Reubi, O., & Hernandez, J. (2000). Volcanic debris avalanche deposits of the upper Maronne valley (Cantal Volcano, France): evidence for contrasted formation and transport mechanisms. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 102(3-4), 271-286.
Nehlig, P., Leyrit, H., Dardon, A., Freour, G., de Goer de Herve, A., Huguet, D., & Thieblemont, D. (2001). Constructions et destructions du stratovolcan du Cantal. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 172(3), 295-308.
Pilet, S.; Hernandez, J.; Villemant, B. (2002) Evidence for high silicic melt circulation and metasomatic events in the mantle beneath alkaline provinces: the Na–Fe-augitic green-core pyroxenes in the Tertiary alkali basalts of the Cantal massif (French Massif Central). Mineralogy and Petrology, 76 (1). p.39-62. doi:10.1007/s007100200031
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
 
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