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Sodalite from
Almunge complex, Almunge, Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Sodalite
Formula:Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sodalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Almunge complex, Almunge, Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:57616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:57616:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Quensel, P. (1912) Undersökningar öfver alkalisyeniten och nefelinsyenit-bergarterna i Almunge socken i Upland [Investigations of the alkali syenite and nepheline syenite rocks in Almunge parish in Upland], in Mötet den 5 december 1912. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 34 (7). 695-700
Quensel, P. D. (1913) The alkaline rocks of Almunge. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, 12. 129-200
Gorbatschev, R. (1958) On the alkali rocks of Almunge. A preliminary report on a new survey. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, 39. 1-69
Doig, Ronald (1970) An alkaline rock province linking Europe and North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 7 (1) 22-28 doi:10.1139/e70-002
Gorbatschev, Roland (1970) K-Ar age of biotite from the Almunge alkaline intrusion. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 92 (4) 501-502 doi:10.1080/11035897009452981
 
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