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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Shaikh, "Fluid-rock interaction in the Kangankunde Carbonatite Complex, Malawi: SEM based evidence for late stage pervasive hydrothermal mineralisation," Open Geosciences, vol.

Experimental Study on the Softening Characteristics of Sandstone and Mudstone in Relation to Moisture Content

The Tajno massif is composed of alkaline rocks ranging from syenite to pyroxenite, cut by carbonatite veins (Krystkiewicz & Krzeminski 1992; Ryka 1992; Ryka et al.

Geochemistry and [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39]Ar age of early carboniferous dolerite sills in the southern Baltic sea/Laanemere lounaosa Vara-Karboni doleriitsete sillide geokeemia ja [sup.40]Ar/[sup.39]Ar isotoopvanus

(1997): On the last explosions of carbonatite pipe G3b, Gross Brukkaros, Namibia.

Phreatomagmatic activity and associated hydrothermal processes in the lamproitic volcano of Cancarix (Southeast Spain)

(2008) Carbonatite melts and electrical conductivity in the asthenosphere.

Electromagnetic exploration of the oceanic mantle

It is hardly an accident that America's longest war is in a country that is both a potential pathway for oil and "could fulfill the world's desire for rare-earth and critical minerals." Afghanistan is rich in gold, lead, zinc, mercury, limestone, gypsum, tin, copper, lithium, and uranium, along with lesser-known carbonatite, tourmaline, barite, celestite, fluorite, magnestite and talc.

How green is the Green New Deal?

Factors regulating the behavior of the rare earth elements within the carbonatite process.

Petroleum fluids and their role in lanthanide isomorphism

South Purulia Shear Zone (SPSZ) (Figure 1, after [10]) consists of mainly granite gneiss, amphibolites, phyllites, schist, carbonatite, and quartz-magnetite-apatite rocks and is of early mesoproterozoic age.

Integrating apparent conductance in resistivity sounding to constrain 2D gravity modeling for subsurface structure associated with uranium mineralization across South Purulia Shear Zone, West Bengal, India

There are an estimated 1 million metric tons of rare earth elements within the Khanneshin carbonatite in Helmand Province and an estimated 1.5 million metric tons in all of southern Afghanistan.

Strategic implications of the afghan mother lode and china's emerging role

(2013) for Nd and Fe in soils in a limestone site and in the roots of this site, as well as in granite and carbonatite sites.

Rare earth elements related to aluminum in Rhynchanthera grandiflora growing in palm swamp communities/Elementos tierras raras relacionados a aluminio en Rhynchanthera grandiflora en morichales/Elementos de terras raras relacionados ao aluminio em Rhynchanthera grandiflora em buritizais

Igneous rocks of a carbonate composition do occur rarely, typically as intrusive or extrusive carbonatite.

Baobab Resources Plc (LON:BAO) Discovery of Flux Source Within 5km of Tenge/Ruoni Deposit