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Fitton, J. G., Hughes, D. J. (1981) Strontian melilite in a nephelinite lava from Etinde, Cameroon. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 261-264 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.03

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TitleStrontian melilite in a nephelinite lava from Etinde, Cameroon
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsFitton, J. G.Author
Hughes, D. J.Author
Year1981 (September)Volume44
Issue335
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_44/44-335-261.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.03Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceFitton, J. G., Hughes, D. J. (1981) Strontian melilite in a nephelinite lava from Etinde, Cameroon. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 261-264 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.03
Plain TextFitton, J. G., Hughes, D. J. (1981) Strontian melilite in a nephelinite lava from Etinde, Cameroon. Mineralogical Magazine, 44 (335) 261-264 doi:10.1180/minmag.1981.044.335.03
In(1981, September) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 44 (335) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractStrontium-rich (up to 16 wt% SrO) melilite occurs as microphenocrysts in a nosean-leucite-nephelinite lava from Etinde, Cameroon. Electron microprobe analyses show that the melilite is very strongly zoned with Sr, Fe, and Na enrichment towards the crystal rims. Sodium melilite and sodium ferrimelilite are the dominant end-member molecules and together account for up to 76 mole%. The crystals are optically negative and strongly birefringent with birefringence ranging from 0.014 in the cores to 0.032 at the crystal rims. Refractive indices measured at the rim of one crystal gave ω = 1.656, ɛ = 1.628. The cell dimensions of strontian melilite are a = 7.765Å, c = 5.054Å.

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Mount Etinde, Buea, Fako, Southwest Region, Cameroon

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Alumoåkermanite

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Mount Etinde, Buea, Fako, Southwest Region, Cameroon Aegirine, Aegirine-augite, Aenigmatite, Alumoåkermanite, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Clinopyroxene Subgroup, Clinopyroxene-leucite nephelinite, Clinopyroxenite, Diopside, Fayalite-Forsterite Series, Garnet Group, Glass, Haüyne, Hedenbergite, Hyalophane, Ijolite, Leucite, Magnetite, Melanocratic nephelinolite, Melilite Group, Mica Group, Nepheline, Nephelinite, Nosean, Peridotite, Perovskite, Phonolite, Pyroxene Group, Rhombohedral Carbonate, Schorlomite, Sodalite, Titanite, Titanium-bearing Augite, Titanium-bearing Magnetite, Zeolite Group


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