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Carbonatite from
Munnar metacarbonate occurrences, Idukki district, Kerala, India


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Type:Carbonatite
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carbonatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Munnar metacarbonate occurrences, Idukki district, Kerala, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1335888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1335888:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Carbonatite
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘKambammettu carbonatite, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India
References
implications for rifting, alkaline magmatism and liquid immiscibility. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences-Earth and Planetary Sciences, 93(2), 149-158
Nair, N. G. K., Santosh, M., & Thampi, P. K. (1984). Alkali granite-syenite-carbonatite association in Munnar Kerala, India
Hegner, Ernst, Rajesh, Selvaraj, Willbold, Matthias, MÞller, Dirk, Joachimski, Michael, Hofmann, Mandy, Linnemann, Ulf, Zieger, Johannes, Pradeepkumar, Anakkathil Purushothaman (2020) Sediment-derived origin of the putative Munnar carbonatite, South India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 200. 104432pp. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104432
Randive, Kirtikumar, Meshram, Tushar (2020) An Overview of the Carbonatites from the Indian Subcontinent. Open Geosciences, 12 (1) 85-116 doi:10.1515/geo-2020-0007
 
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