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carbonatite

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carbonatite [kär′bän·ə‚tīt]
(petrology)
Intrusive carbonate rock associated with alkaline igneous intrusive activity.
A sedimentary rock that is composed of at least 80% calcium or magnesium.


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Eagle Plains says the property is host to precious metals and rare earth element mineralization in syenite and carbonatite dyke systems that are widespread over a more than four kilometer-long corridor within the Ice River Intrusive Complex.
Rather, in order to make carbonatite lavas, all you need is a very low melt fraction of 0.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the rugged and uncharted interior, aside from the scattered triangular markers where traces of copper, zine and the odd patch of carbonatite have been found, there is not a good understanding of the geology.
 
 
 
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