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Pyroxene Group from
Cartagena Basaltic Volcanism Area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Species:'Pyroxene Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:ADSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyroxene Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cartagena Basaltic Volcanism Area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1415035
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1415035:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyroxene Group
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘMazarrón shipwreck II, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
50.6km (31.4 miles) ⓘCabezo de la Mina deposit, Sierra de Orihuela, Valencian Community, 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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