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Ankerite from
Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania


Locality type:Dome
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1430561
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1430561:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘRichat Structure (Guelb er RichÃĒt; Eye of Africa), Ouadane, Adrar Region, Mauritania
References
Blanc, P. & Pomerol, C. 1973. Presence de filons de roches carbonatees a analcime dans la depression de Tin Jouker, Richat, Adrar de Mauritainie. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 265D, 2409-2411.
Trompette, R. 1973. PÃĐtrographie des RichÃĒt. A - Les delÃĐrites de l'Adrar de Mauritanie et le problÃĐme des analcimolites des RichÃĒt (Sahara occidentale). Sciences de la Terre. MÃĐmoires, Nancy, 28, 83-95.
Dietz, R. S., Fudali, R., & Cassidy, W. (1969). RichÃĒt and Semsiyat domes (Mauritania): not astroblemes. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 80(7), 1367-1372. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1969)80[1367:RASDMN]2.0.CO
Woolley, A. R., Rankin, A. H., Elliott, C. J., Bishot, A. C., & Niblett, D. (1984). Carbonatite dykes from the Richat dome. Mauritania, and the genesis of the dome: Indian Mineralogist, 189-207.
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
NETTO, A.M, FABRE, J., POUPEAU, G. & CHAMPENOIS, M. (1992). Datation par traces de fission (TF) de la structure circulaire des Richat (Mauritanie centrale). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 314 (Serie II), 1179-1186.
Sedigh, Maham Eboubekrine, Ouali, Houssa, JÃĐbrak, Michel, Mokhtari, Abdelkader (2024) Bulk composition and O–C isotope constraints on the petrogenesis of Richat carbonatites (Mauritania) Journal of African Earth Sciences, 209. 105126 doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2023.105126
 
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