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Occurrence number:
054-00-027
Country:
Ethiopia
Location:
Longitude: 36.83, Latitude: 7.67
Carbonatite:
No
Pantellerite occurs 6 km east of Jimma along the road to Addis Ababa. It contains phenocrysts of anorthoclase and aenigmatite in a groundmass of quartz, which with feldspar forms spherulitic structures, riebeckite and aegirine. An analysis is given by Pagliani (1940).
References:
PAGLIANI, G. 1940. Pantelleriti e basalti di Gimma (A.O.I.). Rendiconti, Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, 123: Ser III, vol. 4. 33-44.
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