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Spinel from
Cartagena Basaltic Volcanism Area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cartagena Basaltic Volcanism Area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1415034
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1415034:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spinel
94.1km (58.5 miles) ⓘCabezo Maria Volcanic Field, Vera, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
References
Le Maitre, R. W. - Ed. (2002) Igneous Rocks - A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.) Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511535581
Beccaluva, Luigi, Bianchini, Gianluca, Bonadiman, Costanza, Siena, Franca, Vaccaro, Carmela (2004) Coexisting anorogenic and subduction-related metasomatism in mantle xenoliths from the Betic Cordillera (southern Spain) Lithos, 75 (1) 67-87 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2003.12.015
Shimizu, Yohei, Arai, Shoji, Morishita, Tomoaki, Ishida, Yoshito (2008) Origin and significance of spinel–pyroxene symplectite in lherzolite xenoliths from Tallante, SE Spain. Mineralogy and Petrology, 94 (1) 27-43 doi:10.1007/s00710-008-0004-7
Cebriá, J. M., López-Ruiz, J., Carmona, J., & Doblas, M. (2009). Quantitative petrogenetic constraints on the Pliocene alkali basaltic volcanism of the SE Spain Volcanic Province. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 185(3), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.05.008
Martelli, M., Bianchini, G., Beccaluva, L., & Rizzo, A. (2011). Helium and argon isotopic compositions of mantle xenoliths from Tallante and Calatrava, Spain. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 200(1-2), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.11.015
 
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