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Magnesio-arfvedsonite from
Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Formula:NaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesio-arfvedsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1418334
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1418334:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Borley, G. D., Suddaby, P., Scott, P. (1971) Some Xenoliths from the alkalic rocks of Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 31 (2) 102-114 doi:10.1007/bf00373453
Wolff, John A. (1987) Crystallisation of nepheline syenite in a subvolcanic magma system: Tenerife, canary islands. Lithos, 20 (3) 207-223 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(87)90009-0
Ablay, G. J., Carroll, M. R., Palmer, M. R., Marti, J., Sparks, R. S. J. (1998) Basanite-Phonolite Lineages of the Teide-Pico Viejo Volcanic Complex, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Journal of Petrology, 39 (5) 905-936 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.5.905
Neumann, E.-R., Wulff-Pedersen, E., Simonsen, S. L., Pearson, N. J., Marti, J., Mitjavila, J. (1999) Evidence for Fractional Crystallization of Periodically Refilled Magma Chambers in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Journal of Petrology, 40 (7) 1089-1123 doi:10.1093/petroj/40.7.1089
BRYAN, SCOTT E. (2006) Petrology and Geochemistry of the Quaternary Caldera-forming, Phonolitic Granadilla Eruption, Tenerife (Canary Islands) Journal of Petrology, 47 (8) 1557-1589 doi:10.1093/petrology/egl020
Edgar, C.J., Wolff, J.A., Olin, P.H., Nichols, H.J., Pittari, A., Cas, R.A.F., Reiners, P.W., Spell, T.L., Martí, J. (2007) The late Quaternary Diego Hernandez Formation, Tenerife: Volcanology of a complex cycle of voluminous explosive phonolitic eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 160 (1) 59-85 doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.06.001
Carracedo, J. C., Guillou, H., Nomade, S., Rodriguez-Badiola, E., Perez-Torrado, F. J., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, A., Paris, R., Troll, V. R., Wiesmaier, S., Delcamp, A., Fernandez-Turiel, J. L. (2011) Evolution of ocean-island rifts: The northeast rift zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123 (3) 562-584 doi:10.1130/b30119.1
Deegan, F.M., Troll, V.R., Barker, A.K., Harris, C., Chadwick, J.P., Carracedo, J.C., Delcamp, A. (2012) Crustal versus source processes recorded in dykes from the Northeast volcanic rift zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Chemical Geology, 334. 324-344 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.013
Wiesmaier, S., Troll, V. R., Carracedo, J. C., Ellam, R. M., Bindeman, I., Wolff, J. A. (2012) Bimodality of Lavas in the Teide-Pico Viejo Succession in Tenerife--the Role of Crustal Melting in the Origin of Recent Phonolites. Journal of Petrology, 53 (12) 2465-2495 doi:10.1093/petrology/egs056
Troll, V. R., & Carracedo, J. C. (2016). The geology of the Canary Islands. Elsevier.
 
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