Pyroxenite from
Sørøya, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

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Classification
Locality type:	Island
Type:	Pyroxenite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyroxenite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Sørøya, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1388854
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1388854:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
*Sturt, Brian A. (1961) Preferred Orientation of Nepheline in Deformed Nepheline Syenite Gneisses from Sørøy, Northern Norway. Geological Magazine, 98 (6) 464-466 doi:10.1017/s0016756800062105* *Appleyard, E. C. (1965) Preliminary description of the geology of the Dønnesfjord area, Sørøy. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 231, 143-164* *Sturt, B. A., Ramsay, D. M. (1965) The alkaline complex of the Breivikbotn area, Sørøy, Northern Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 231, Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse (NGU). 1-164* *Gresens, Randall L. (1967) Composition-volume relationships of metasomatism. Chemical Geology, 2. 47-65 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(67)90004-6* Sturt, Brian A.; Miller, J.A.; Fitch, Frank J. (1967) The age of alkaline rocks from West Finnmark, Northern Norway, and their bearing on the dating of the Caledonian Orogeny. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 47 (3). 255-273 *Sturt, B. A., Pringle, I. R., Ramsay, D. M. (1978) The Finnmarkian phase of the Caledonian Orogeny. Journal of the Geological Society, 135 (6) 597-610 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.135.6.0597* Appleyard, Edward C. (1980) Mass balance computations in metasomatism: Metagabbro/nepheline syenite pegmatite interaction in northern Norway. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 73 (2) 131-144 doi:10.1007/bf00371388 *Speedyman, D. L. (1983) The Husfjord Plutonic Complex, Sørøy, Northern Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse* 378** Daly, J.S, Aitcheson, S. J., Cliff, R. A., Gayer, R. A., Rice, A. H. N. (1991) Geochronological evidence from discordant plutons for a late Proterozoic orogen in the Caledonides of Finnmark, northern Norway. Journal of the Geological Society, 148 (1) 29-40 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.148.1.0029 Kirkland, C.L., Daly, J.S., Whitehouse, M.J. (2005) Early Silurian magmatism and the Scandian evolution of the Kalak Nappe Complex, Finnmark, Arctic Norway. Journal of the Geological Society, 162 (6) 985-1003 doi:10.1144/0016-764904-124 Kirkland, C.L., Daly, J.S., Whitehouse, M.J. (2006) Granitic magmatism of Grenvillian and late Neoproterozoic age in Finnmark, Arctic Norway—Constraining pre-Scandian deformation in the Kalak Nappe Complex. Precambrian Research, 145 (1) 24-52 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.012 Roberts, R.J., Corfu, F., Torsvik, T.H., Hetherington, C.J., Ashwal, L.D. (2010) Age of alkaline rocks in the Seiland Igneous Province, Northern Norway. Journal of the Geological Society, 167 (1) 71-81 doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-014

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Pyroxenite from Sørøya, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Pyroxenite from
Sørøya, Troms og Finnmark, Norway