stripes
Occurrence number:
170-00-015
Country:
Uganda
Location:
Longitude: 34.55, Latitude: 2.83
Carbonatite:
No
This is an agglomerate pipe 50 m in diameter that was intersected by an inclined borehole. The agglomerate includes fragments of country rock granulites, nephelinite, olivine nephelinite and rounded, carbonated and serpentinised ultrabasic nodules comprising 40-90% olivine, 5-20% Cr-diopside, 0-35% orthopyroxene and up to 15% Cr-spinel.
References:
NIXON, P.H. 1973. Kimberlitic volcanoes in East Africa. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, Institute of Geological Sciences, London, 41: 119-38.
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