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Sodalite from
Ua Pou Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, France


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Sodalite
Formula:Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Andradite6
- var Titanium-bearing Andradite3
K Feldspar3
Aegirine-augite3
Analcime3
Nepheline3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sodalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ua Pou Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:967750
Long-form Identifier:1:3:967750:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Sodalite in this Region
Ua Pou garnet phonolites, Ua Pou Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, France
References
Lacroix, Alfred (1931) Les phonolites néféliniques et leucitiques de l'île Ua-Pou (Archipel des Marquises) [Nefelinic and leucitic phonolites from Ua-Pou Island (Marquesas Archipelago)]. Comptes Rendus des Séances hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences, 192 (1). 1161-1166
Bishop, A. C., & Woolley, A. R. (1973). A basalt-trachyte-phonolite series from Ua Pu, Marquesas islands, Pacific ocean. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 39(4), 309-326. doi.org/ 10.1007/BF00376471
Brousse R., Maury R.C. (1978): Minéralogie d'une phonolite à grenat de l'île de Ua Pou (Marquises, Pacifique central). Bulletin de Minéralogie, 101, 3–10
Dupuy, C., Vidal, P., Barsczus, H.G., Chauvel, C. (1987) Origin of basalts from the Marquesas Archipelago (south central Pacific Ocean): isotope and trace element constraints. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 82 (1) 145-152 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(87)90114-2
Legendre C., Maury R.C., Caroff M., Guillou H., Cotten J., Chauvel C., Bollinger C., HĂ©mond C., Guille G., Blais S., Rossi P., Savanier D. (2005): Origin of exceptionally abundant phonolites on Ua Pou island (Marquesas, French Polynesia): Partial melting of basanites followed by crustal contamination. Journal of Petrology, 46, (9), 1925-1962.
Legendre, C., Maury, R. C., Caroff, M., Guillou, H., Cotten, J., Chauvel, C., ... & Rossi, P. (2005). Origin of exceptionally abundant phonolites on Ua Pou Island (Marquesas, French Polynesia): Partial melting of basanites followed by crustal contamination. Journal of Petrology, 46(9), 1925-1962. doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egi043
 
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