Aegirine from
Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France

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Classification
Locality type:	Island
Species:	Aegirine
Formula:	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Aegirine data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1419520
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1419520:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
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Giret, A. (Ed.). (1980). Notice de la carte géologique au 1: 50 000 de la Péninsule Rallier du Baty, Iles Kerguelen. Comite National Français des Recherches Antarctiques, 45. Lameyre, J., Marot, A., Zimine, S., Cantagrel, J., Dosso, L., Giret, A., ... & Hottin, J. (1981). Etude géologique du complexe plutonique de la péninsule Rallier du Baty, îles Kerguelen. Comb. natl. Fr. Res. Antarct, 49. Giret, A. (1983). Le plutonisme océanique intraplaque: exemple de l'archipel Kerguelen. Comite National Français des Recherches Antarctiques, 54. Giret, A., & Lameyre, J. (1983). A study of Kerguelen plutonism: petrology, geochronology and geological implications. In Antarctic earth science. International symposium. 4 (pp. 646-651). Gautier, Isabelle, Weis, Dominique, Mennessier, Jean-Paul, Vidal, Philippe, Giret, André, Loubet, Michel (1990) Petrology and geochemistry of the Kerguelen Archipelago basalts (South Indian Ocean): evolution of the mantle sources from ridge to intraplate position. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 100 (1) 59-76 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(90)90176-x Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2 Weis, D.; Frey, F.A.; Leyrit, H.; Gautier, I. (1993) Kerguelen Archipelago revisited: geochemical and isotopic study of the Southeast Province lavas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 118 (1). 101-119 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(93)90162-3 Grégoire, Michel, Cottin, Jean Yves, Giret, André, Mattielli, Nadine, Weis, Dominique (1998) The meta-igneous granulite xenoliths from Kerguelen Archipelago: evidence of a continent nucleation in an oceanic setting. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 133 (3) 259-283 doi:10.1007/s004100050451 Weis, D., Frey, F. A., Giret, A., Cantagrel, J.-M. (1998) Geochemical Characteristics of the Youngest Volcano (Mount Ross) in the Kerguelen Archipelago: Inferences for Magma Flux, Lithosphere Assimilation and Composition of the Kerguelen Plume. Journal of Petrology, 39 (5) 973-994 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.5.973 Yang, H.-J., Frey, F. A., Weis, D., Giret, A., Pyle, D., Michon, G. (1998) Petrogenesis of the Flood Basalts Forming the Northern Kerguelen Archipelago: Implications for the Kerguelen Plume. Journal of Petrology, 39 (4) 711-748 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.4.711 Frey, F.A, Weis, D, Yang, H.-J, Nicolaysen, K, Leyrit, H, Giret, A (2000) Temporal geochemical trends in Kerguelen Archipelago basalts: evidence for decreasing magma supply from the Kerguelen Plume. Chemical Geology, 164 (1) 61-80 doi:10.1016/s0009-2541(99)00144-8 Moine, B. N., COTTIN, J. Y., Sheppard, S. M., Grégoire, M., O'REILLY, S. Y., & Giret, A. (2000). Incompatible trace element and isotopic (D/H) characteristics of amphibole-and phlogopite-bearing ultramafic to mafic xenoliths from Kerguelen Islands (TAAF, South Indian Ocean). European Journal of Mineralogy, 12(4), 761-777. doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0761 Gregoire, M., Jackson, I., O'Reilly, S., & Cottin, J. (2001). The lithospheric mantle beneath the Kerguelen Islands (Indian Ocean): petrological and petrophysical characteristics of mantle mafic rock types and correlation with seismic profiles. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 142(2), 244-259. doi.org/10.1007/s004100100289 FREY, F. A. (2002) Flood Basalt from Mont Tourmente in the Central Kerguelen Archipelago: the Change from Transitional to Alkalic Basalt at 25 Ma. Journal of Petrology, 43 (7) 1367-1387 doi:10.1093/petrology/43.7.1367 Moine, B.N., Grégoire, M., O'Reilly, Suzanne Y., Delpech, G., Sheppard, S.M.F., Lorand, J.P., Renac, C., Giret, A., Cottin, J.Y. (2004) Carbonatite melt in oceanic upper mantle beneath the Kerguelen Archipelago. Lithos, 75 (1) 239-252 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2003.12.019 Scoates, James S., Weis, Dominique, Franssens, Matthias, Mattielli, Nadine, Annell, Heidi, Frey, Frederick A., Nicolaysen, Kirsten, Giret, Andre (2008) The Val Gabbro Plutonic Suite: A Sub-volcanic Intrusion Emplaced at the End of Flood Basalt Volcanism on the Kerguelen Archipelago. Journal of Petrology, 49 (1) 79-105 doi:10.1093/petrology/egm071 Duncan, R. A., Falloon, T. J., Quilty, P. G., Coffin, M. F. (2016) Widespread Neogene volcanism on Central Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (4) 379-392 doi:10.1080/08120099.2016.1221857

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Aegirine from Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France

Aegirine from
Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France