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Phlogopite from
Wajiertage, Bachu Co. (Maralbexi Co.; Maralbeshi Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:252.7 Ma
Minimum recorded age:252.7 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1252.7 MaLopingian - Ar-Ar phlogopite from breccia pipe
Sample references:
1 -
Zhang, H. C., Fan, H. F., Chang, F. Q., Zhang, W. X., Lei, G. L., Yang, M. S., ... & Yang, L. Q. (2008). AMS dating on the shell bar section from Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, China. Radiocarbon, 50(2), 255-265.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wajiertage, Bachu Co. (Maralbexi Co.; Maralbeshi Co.), Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1327934
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1327934:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Bai, G. (1985). Carbonatites and related mineral resources. Bull. Inst. Miner. Deposits Chin. Acad. Geol. Sci., 13, 107-140.
Li, C. N., Lu, F. X., & Chen, M. H. (2001). Research on petrology of the Wajilitag complex body in north edge in the Tarim Basin. Xinjiang Geology, 19(1), 38-43.
Yang, Z., & Woolley, A. (2006). Carbonatites in China: a review. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 27(5), 559-575.
Cao, J., Wang, C. Y., Xing, C. M., & Xu, Y. G. (2014). Origin of the early Permian Wajilitag igneous complex and associated Fe–Ti oxide mineralization in the Tarim large igneous province, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 84, 51-68.
Cheng, Z., Zhang, Z., Hou, T., Santosh, M., Zhang, D., & Ke, S. (2015). Petrogenesis of nephelinites from the Tarim Large Igneous Province, NW China: Implications for mantle source characteristics and plume–lithosphere interaction. Lithos, 220, 164-178.
 
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