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Dolomite from
Amba Dongar complex, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amba Dongar complex, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:932530
Long-form Identifier:1:3:932530:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘPanwad-Kawant, Kavant Taluka, Chhota Udaipur District, Gujarat, India
References
Deans, T., Sukheswala, R. N., Sethna, S. F., & Viladkar, S. G. (1972). Metaso-matic feldspar rocks (potash fenites) associated with the fluorite deposits and earbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions, v. 81, p.
Deans, T., Sukheswala, R. N., Sethna, S. F., & Viladkar, S. G. (1973). Discussion and contributions: Metasomatic feldspar rocks (potash fenites) associated with the fluorite deposits and carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India. Inst. Mining Metall. Trans, 82, 33-40.
Viladkar, S.G. (1981) The carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Gujarat, India. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 53 (1). 17-28 doi:10.17741/bgsf/53.1.003
Viladkar, S. G. (1984). Alkaline rocks associated with the carbonatites of Amba Dongar, Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat, India. Indian Mineral, 130-135.
Notholt, A. J. G., Highley, D. E., & Deans, T. (1990). Economic minerals in carbonatites and associated alkaline igneous rocks. Institution of Mining and Metallurgy Transactions. Section B. Applied Earth Science, 99.
Viladkar, S.G., Wimmenauer, W. (1992) Geochemical and petrological studies on the Amba Dongar carbonatites (Gujarat, India). Chemie der Erde: 52: 277-291.
Srivastava, R. K. (1994). Petrology, petrochemistry and genesis of the alkaline rocks associated with the Ambadungar Carbonatite Complex, Baroda district, Gujarat, India. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 43, 23-23.
Rock, N. M. S., Gwalani, L. G., Griffin, B. J. (1994) Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of Amba Dongar and adjacent areas, Deccan Alkaline Province, Gujarat, India. 2. Complexly zoned clinopyroxene phenocrysts. Mineralogy and Petrology, 51 (2) 113-135 doi:10.1007/bf01159723
Srivastava, Rajesh K. (1997) Petrology, geochemistry and genesis of rift-related carbonatites of Ambadungar, India. Mineralogy and Petrology, 61 (1) 47-66 doi:10.1007/bf01172477
Chandra, Jyoti, Paul, Debajyoti, Viladkar, Shrinivas G., Sensarma, Sarajit (2018) Origin of the Amba Dongar carbonatite complex, India and its possible linkage with the Deccan Large Igneous Province. Special Publication, 463. Geological Society of London. 137-169 doi:10.1144/sp463.3
 
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