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Leucite from
Bakony-Balaton Highlands, Tapolca District, Veszprém County, Hungary


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Leucite
Formula:K(AlSi2O6)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Leucite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bakony-Balaton Highlands, Tapolca District, Veszprém County, Hungary
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1384608
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1384608:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Embey-Isztin, A., Scharbert, H. G., Dietrich, H., Poultidis, H. (1990) Mafic granulites and clinopyroxenite xenoliths from the Transdanubian Volcanic Region (Hungary): implications for the deep structure of the Pannonian Basin. Mineralogical Magazine, 54 (376) 463-483 doi:10.1180/minmag.1990.054.376.12
EMBEY-ISZTIN, A.; DOWNES, H.; JAMES, D. E.; UPTON, B. G. J.; DOBOSI, G.; INGRAM, G. A.; HARMON, R. S.; SCHARBERT, H. G. (1993) The Petrogenesis of Pliocene Alkaline Volcanic Rocks from the Pannonian Basin, Eastern Central Europe. Journal of Petrology, 34 (2). p.317-343. doi:10.1093/petrology/34.2.317
Török, K., & De Vivo, B. (1995). Fluid inclusions in upper mantle xenoliths from the Balaton Highland, Western Hungary. Acta Vulcanologica, 7, 277-284.
Downes, H., & Vaselli, O. (1995). The lithospheric mantle beneath the Carpathian-Pannonian Region: a review of trace element and isotopic evidence from ultramafic xenoliths. Acta Vulcanologica, 7, 219-230.
Szabó, C., Kovacs, I., Dégi, J., Kothay, K., Torok, K., Hidas, K. K., ... & Torok, K. (2010). From maars to lava lakes: Ultramafic and granulite xenoliths associated with the alkaline basaltic volcanism of the Pannonian Basin. Mineralogicapetrographica field guide series, 1-32.
KÓNYA, Peter (2015) A Bakony–Balaton-felvidék vulkáni terület üregkitöltő zeolitjai [Cavity filling zeolites from the Bakony–Balaton Highland Volcanic Field, Hungary]. In TQS Monographs 1. Miskolc–Budapest: Herman Ottó Múzeum és Magyar Földtani és Geofizikai Intézet, pp. 181–222.. p.181-221.
 
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