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Perthite from
Koraput gabbro/nepheline syenite, Koraput District, Odisha, India


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Feldspar Group var: Perthite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Perthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Koraput gabbro/nepheline syenite, Koraput District, Odisha, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1334527
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1334527:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Perthite
83.7km (52.0 miles) ⓘOrissa deposit, Malkangiri District, Odisha, India
88.6km (55.1 miles) ⓘBadenpal pegmatite-2, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘChiurwada pegmatite-1, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
References
Bose, Mihir K. (1970) Petrology of the Intrusive Alkalic Suite of Koraput, Orissa. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 11 (2). 99-126
Sarkar, A., Paul, D. K., Bishui, P. K., Gupta, S. N., & Nanda, J. K. (1989). Late Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in the Eastern Ghats Belt: Rb-Sr isotopic study on the Koraput complex, Orissa. Indian Minerals, 43(3-4), 265-272.
Gupta, Saibal, Nanda, Jagatbikas, Kumar Mukherjee, Sumit, Santra, Manasij (2005) Alkaline Magmatism Versus Collision Tectonics in the Eastern Ghats Belt, India: Constraints from Structural Studies in the Koraput Complex. Gondwana Research, 8 (3) 403-419 doi:10.1016/s1342-937x(05)71143-6
Nanda, J., Gupta, S., & Dobmeier, C. J. (2008). Metamorphism of the Koraput Alkaline Complex, Eastern Ghats Province, India—evidence for reworking of a granulite terrane. Precambrian Research, 165(3-4), 153-168.
Nanda, J., Gupta, S., & Mamtani, M. A. (2009). Analysis of deformation fabric in an Alkaline Complex (Koraput): implications for time relationship between emplacement, fabric development and regional tectonics. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 74(1), 78-94.
 
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