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Bytownite from
Puesto la Peña alkaline complex, Capdevilla District, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Bytownite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bytownite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Puesto la Peña alkaline complex, Capdevilla District, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:964104
Long-form Identifier:1:3:964104:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Pagano, Diego Sebastián, Galliski, Miguel Ángel, Márquez-Zavalía, María Florencia, Colombo, Fernando (2016) Petrology and mineralogy of the La Peña igneous complex, Mendoza, Argentina: An alkaline occurrence in the Miocene magmatism of the Southern Central Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 67. 158-179 doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2016.02.006
(2016)
Pagano, Diego Sebastián, Galliski, Miguel Ángel, Márquez-Zavalía, María Florencia, Colombo, Fernando (2016) Petrology and mineralogy of the La Peña igneous complex, Mendoza, Argentina: An alkaline occurrence in the Miocene magmatism of the Southern Central Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 67. 158-179 doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2016.02.006
 
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