Alkali gabbro from
Mount Tchivira, Quilengues, Huíla Province, Angola

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Classification
Locality type:	Mountain
Type:	Alkali gabbro
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Alkali gabbro data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Mount Tchivira, Quilengues, Huíla Province, Angola
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1421741
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1421741:2
GUID (UUID V4):	0
References
Alves, C.A.M. 1968. Estudo geologico e petrologico do macico alcalino-carbonatitico do Quicuco. Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar, Lisboa. Lapido-Loureiro, F.E. 1973. Carbonatitos de Angola. Memorias e Trabalhos do Instituto de Investigacoes Cientifica de Angola, 11. Lapido-Loureiro, F. D. V. (1968). Sub-volcanic carbonatite structures of Angola. In Proceedings of the International Geological Congress, Report of the twenty-third session, Prague (Vol. 2, pp. 147-161). Torquato, J. R. (1977). GEOTECTONIC OUTLINE OF ANGOLA. Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer. Paris, Serie Geologie, 9, 15-34. Allsopp, H. L., & Hargraves, R. B. (1985). Rb-Sr ages and palaeomagnetic data for some Angolan alkaline intrusives. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, 88(2), 295-299. Issa Filho, A., Dos Santos, A.B.R.M.D., Riffel, B.F., Lapido-Loureiro, F.E.V., McReath, I. (1991) Aspects of the geology, petrology and chemistry of some Angolan carbonatites. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 40 (1) 205-226 doi:10.1016/0375-6742(91)90039-w Alberti, A., Castorina, F., Censi, P., Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Gomes, C.B. (1999) Geochemical characteristics of Cretaceous carbonatites from Angola. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 29 (4) 735-759 doi:10.1016/s0899-5362(99)00127-x

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Alkali gabbro from Mount Tchivira, Quilengues, Huíla Province, Angola

Alkali gabbro from
Mount Tchivira, Quilengues, Huíla Province, Angola