Pyrochlore Group from
Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania

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Classification
Locality type:	Dome
Species:	'Pyrochlore Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:	A₂Nb₂(O,OH)₆Z
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyrochlore Group data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1430566
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1430566:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrochlore Group

0.5km (0.3 miles)	ⓘ Richat Structure (Guelb er Richât; 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. Pétrographie des Richât. A - Les delérites de l'Adrar de Mauritanie et le probléme des analcimolites des Richât (Sahara occidentale). Sciences de la Terre. Mémoires, Nancy, 28, 83-95. Dietz, R. S., Fudali, R., & Cassidy, W. (1969). Richât 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.

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Pyrochlore Group from Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania

Pyrochlore Group from
Richat Dome, Chinguetti, Adrar Region, Mauritania