Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Unnamed Plugs

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Occurrence number: 
155-00-043
Country: 
Sudan
Region: 
Bayuda Desert intrusions
Location: 
Longitude: 33.32, Latitude: 18.08
Carbonatite: 
No

These three isolated plugs are of foid monzogabbro, the rock consisting of andesine, clinopyroxene partly replaced by amphibole, brown biotite, analcime and accessories.

References: 

BARTH, H. and MEINHOLD, K.-D. 1979. Mineral prospecting in the Bayuda Desert. Part 1, Volume A. Investigation of mineral potential. Technical Report Sudanese-German Exploration Project. Hannover (Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe). 336 pp. (unpublished)

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