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Ogungbuyi, P.I., Janney, P.E., Harris, C. (2022) Carbonatite, aillikite and olivine melilitite from Zandkopsdrift, Namaqualand, South Africa: Constraints on the origin of an unusual lamprophyre-dominated carbonatite complex and the nature of its mantle source. Lithos, 418. 106678pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106678

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Title	Carbonatite, aillikite and olivine melilitite from Zandkopsdrift, Namaqualand, South Africa: Constraints on the origin of an unusual lamprophyre-dominated carbonatite complex and the nature of its mantle source
Journal	Lithos
Authors	Ogungbuyi, P.I.		Author
	Janney, P.E.		Author
	Harris, C.		Author
Year	2022 (June)	Volume	418
Publisher	Elsevier BV
DOI	doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106678Search in ResearchGate
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Mindat Ref. ID	13599696	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:13599696:8
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Full Reference	Ogungbuyi, P.I., Janney, P.E., Harris, C. (2022) Carbonatite, aillikite and olivine melilitite from Zandkopsdrift, Namaqualand, South Africa: Constraints on the origin of an unusual lamprophyre-dominated carbonatite complex and the nature of its mantle source. Lithos, 418. 106678pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106678
Plain Text	Ogungbuyi, P.I., Janney, P.E., Harris, C. (2022) Carbonatite, aillikite and olivine melilitite from Zandkopsdrift, Namaqualand, South Africa: Constraints on the origin of an unusual lamprophyre-dominated carbonatite complex and the nature of its mantle source. Lithos, 418. 106678pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106678
In	(2022) Lithos Vol. 418. Elsevier BV

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Zandkopsdrift carbonatite complex, Kamiesberg Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

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Zandkopsdrift carbonatite complex, Kamiesberg Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa	ⓘ Aillikite, ⓘ Allanite Group, ⓘ Ancylite, ⓘ Ankerite, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Baryte, ⓘ Bastnäsite, ⓘ Belovite, ⓘ Breccia, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Calcite-carbonatite, ⓘ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, ⓘ Crandallite, ⓘ Dolomite, ⓘ Ferrocarbonatite, ⓘ Florencite, ⓘ Fluorite, ⓘ Glimmerite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Gossan, ⓘ Goyazite, ⓘ Iron-bearing Dolomite, ⓘ Jeffbenite, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Melilite Group, ⓘ Melilitite, ⓘ Monazite Group, ⓘ Nepheline, ⓘ Nephelinite, ⓘ Olivine Group, ⓘ Perovskite, ⓘ Phlogopite, ⓘ Pyrochlore Group, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Sahamalite-(Ce), ⓘ Saprolite, ⓘ Siderite, ⓘ Silicocarbonatite, ⓘ Spinel, ⓘ Søvite, ⓘ Titanium-bearing Magnetite, ⓘ Vermiculite, ⓘ Wollastonite

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Zandkopsdrift carbonatite complex, Kamiesberg Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

ⓘ Aillikite, ⓘ Allanite Group, ⓘ Ancylite, ⓘ Ankerite, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Baryte, ⓘ Bastnäsite, ⓘ Belovite, ⓘ Breccia, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Calcite-carbonatite, ⓘ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, ⓘ Crandallite, ⓘ Dolomite, ⓘ Ferrocarbonatite, ⓘ Florencite, ⓘ Fluorite, ⓘ Glimmerite, ⓘ Goethite, ⓘ Gossan, ⓘ Goyazite, ⓘ Iron-bearing Dolomite, ⓘ Jeffbenite, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Melilite Group, ⓘ Melilitite, ⓘ Monazite Group, ⓘ Nepheline, ⓘ Nephelinite, ⓘ Olivine Group, ⓘ Perovskite, ⓘ Phlogopite, ⓘ Pyrochlore Group, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Sahamalite-(Ce), ⓘ Saprolite, ⓘ Siderite, ⓘ Silicocarbonatite, ⓘ Spinel, ⓘ Søvite, ⓘ Titanium-bearing Magnetite, ⓘ Vermiculite, ⓘ Wollastonite

👁 Image	*Wang, Shuai, Zhang, Guoliang (2022) Geochemical constraints on source nature and recycled oceanic crust in the mantle of the Celebes Sea. Lithos, 418. 106685pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106685*
👁 Image	Giebel, R. Johannes, Marks, Michael A.W., Gauert, Christoph D.K., Markl, Gregor (2019) A model for the formation of carbonatite-phoscorite assemblages based on the compositional variations of mica and apatite from the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. Lithos, 324-325. 89-104 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.030
👁 Image	Tappe, Sebastian, Steenfelt, Agnete, Heaman, Larry M., Simonetti, Antonio (2009) The newly discovered Jurassic Tikiusaaq carbonatite-aillikite occurrence, West Greenland, and some remarks on carbonatite–kimberlite relationships. Lithos, 112. 385-399 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.002
👁 Image	Ye, Hai-Min, Li, Xian-Hua, Lan, Zhong-Wu (2013) Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf–O–C isotopic constraints on the origin of the Neoproterozoic Qieganbulake ultramafic–carbonatite complex from the Tarim Block, Northwest China. Lithos, 182. 150-164 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.002
👁 Image	Smith, C.B., Haggerty, S.E., Chatterjee, B., Beard, A., Townend, R. (2013) Kimberlite, lamproite, ultramafic lamprophyre, and carbonatite relationships on the Dharwar Craton, India; an example from the Khaderpet pipe, a diamondiferous ultramafic with associated carbonatite intrusion. Lithos, 182. 102-113 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.10.006
👁 Image	*Dawson, J.B. (2012) Nephelinite–melilitite–carbonatite relationships: Evidence from Pleistocene–recent volcanism in northern Tanzania. Lithos, 152. 3-10 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.008*
👁 Image	*Trua, Teresa (2024) New geochemical constraints on the nature of the carbonatite signature in Ionian slab-edge magmatism (Southern Italy) Lithos, 482. 107709 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107709*
👁 Image	Tshiningayamwe, Mbili, Bolhar, Robert, Nex, Paul A.M., Ueckermann, Henriette, Chang, Qing (2022) An apatite trace element and Sr-Nd isotope geochemical study of syenites and carbonatite, exemplified by the Epembe alkaline‑carbonatite complex, Namibia. Lithos, 420. 106699 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106699
👁 Image	Slezak, Paul, Spandler, Carl (2019) Carbonatites as recorders of mantle-derived magmatism and subsequent tectonic events: An example of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex, Western Australia. Lithos, 328. 212-227 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2019.01.028
👁 Image	Harmer, R. E. (1999). The petrogenetic association of carbonatite and alkaline magmatism: constraints from the Spitskop Complex, South Africa. Journal of Petrology, 40(4), 525-548.
👁 Image	JANNEY, P. E. (2002) A Chemical and Multi-Isotope Study of the Western Cape Olivine Melilitite Province, South Africa: Implications for the Sources of Kimberlites and the Origin of the HIMU Signature in Africa. Journal of Petrology, 43 (12) 2339-2370 doi:10.1093/petrology/43.12.2339

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