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Plagioclase from
Scania Volcanic necks, Höör, Skåne County, Sweden


Locality type:Volcanic Plug
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Scania Volcanic necks, Höör, Skåne County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1415685
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1415685:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘFrualid, Övedskloster Manor, Sjöbo, Skåne County, Sweden
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘÖstra Ljungby, Klippan, Skåne County, Sweden
42.9km (26.6 miles) ⓘLundsgård meteorite, Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘBellinga quarry, Sjöbo, Skåne County, Sweden
84.6km (52.6 miles) ⓘStockholmsledet, Karlshamn, Blekinge County, Sweden
92.9km (57.7 miles) ⓘLake Mien impact structure, Tingsryd, Kronoberg County, Sweden
References
Printzlau, Ivan, Larsen, Ole (1972) K/Ar Age Determinations on Alkaline Olivine Basalts from Skåne, Southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 94 (2) 259-269 doi:10.1080/11035897209454201
Klingspor, Inger (1976) Radiometric age-determination of basalts, dolerites and related syenite in Skåne, southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 98 (3) 195-216 doi:10.1080/11035897609454371
Olsson, Hans B. (1983) Rhönite from Skåne (Scania), southern Sweden. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 105 (4) 281-286 doi:10.1080/11035898309454566
Griffin, W. L., & Kresten, P. (1987). Scandinavia-the carbonatite connection. Unknown Journal, 101-106.
Bylund, Göuran, Halvorsen, Erik (1993) Palaeomagnetic Study of Mesozoic Basalts From Scania, Southernmost Sweden. Geophysical Journal International, 114 (1) 138-144 doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1993.tb01473.x
Tappe, Sebastian (2004) Mesozoic mafic alkaline magmatism of southern Scandinavia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 148 (3) 312-334 doi:10.1007/s00410-004-0606-y
Rehfeldt, Tatjana, Obst, Karsten, Johansson, Leif (2007) Petrogenesis of ultramafic and mafic xenoliths from Mesozoic basanites in southern Sweden: constraints from mineral chemistry. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96 (3) 433-450 doi:10.1007/s00531-006-0116-4
Bergelin, Ingemar, Obst, Karsten, Söderlund, Ulf, Larsson, Kent, Johansson, Leif (2011) Mesozoic rift magmatism in the North Sea region: 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of Scanian basalts and geochemical constraints. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100 (4) 787-804 doi:10.1007/s00531-010-0516-3
 
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