1	-	Ray, J. S., & Pande, K. (1999). Carbonatite alkaline magmatism associated with continental flood basalts at stratigraphic boundaries: cause for mass extinctions. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(13), 1917-1920.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1210131

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1210131:1

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Carbonatite

4.9km (3.0 miles)

ⓘ Siriwasan-Dughda, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India

6.7km (4.2 miles)

ⓘ Panwad-Kawant, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India

14.4km (8.9 miles)

ⓘ Bakhatgarh-Phulmahal, Alirajpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India

References

Deans, T., Sukheswala, R. N., Sethna, S. F., & Viladkar, S. G. (1972). Metaso-matic feldspar rocks (potash fenites) associated with the fluorite deposits and earbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions, v. 81, p.

Deans, T., Sukheswala, R. N., Sethna, S. F., & Viladkar, S. G. (1973). Discussion and contributions: Metasomatic feldspar rocks (potash fenites) associated with the fluorite deposits and carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India. Inst. Mining Metall. Trans, 82, 33-40.

Viladkar, S.G. (1981) The carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 53 (1). 17-28 doi:10.17741/bgsf/53.1.003

Viladkar, S. G. (1984). Alkaline rocks associated with the carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat, India. Indian Mineral, 130-135.

Notholt, A. J. G., Highley, D. E., & Deans, T. (1990). Economic minerals in carbonatites and associated alkaline igneous rocks. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions. Section B. Applied Earth Science, 99.

Viladkar, S.G., Wimmenauer, W. (1992) Geochemical and petrological studies on the Amba Dongar carbonatites (Gujarat, India). Chemie der Erde: 52: 277-291.

Srivastava, R. K. (1994). Petrology, petrochemistry and genesis of the alkaline rocks associated with the Ambadungar Carbonatite Complex, Baroda district, Gujarat, India. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 43, 23-23.

Rock, N. M. S., Gwalani, L. G., Griffin, B. J. (1994) Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Amba Dongar and adjacent areas, Deccan Alkaline Province, Gujarat, India. 2. Complexly zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts. Mineralogy and Petrology, 51 (2) 113-135 doi:10.1007/bf01159723

Viladkar, S. G. (2015) Mineralogy and geochemistry of fenitized nephelinites of the Amba Dongar complex, Gujarat. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 85 (1) 87-97 doi:10.1007/s12594-015-0196-5

Chandra, Jyoti, Paul, Debajyoti, Viladkar, Shrinivas G., Sensarma, Sarajit (2018) Origin of the Amba Dongar carbonatite complex, India and its possible linkage with the Deccan Large Igneous Province. Special Publication, 463. Geological Society of London. 137-169 doi:10.1144/sp463.3

Magna, Tomáš, Viladkar, Shrinivas, Rapprich, Vladislav, Pour, Ondřej, Hopp, Jens, Čejková, Bohuslava (2020) Nb–V-enriched sövites of the northeastern and eastern part of the Amba Dongar carbonatite ring dike, India – A reflection of post-emplacement hydrothermal overprint?. Geochemistry, 80 (1) 125534pp. doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2019.125534

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Carbonatite from Amba Dongar complex, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India

Carbonatite from
Amba Dongar complex, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India