Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Kandygatai

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Occurrence number: 
084-00-040
Country: 
Kazakhstan
Location: 
Longitude: 81.03, Latitude: 48.8
Carbonatite: 
No

Extending over 22 km2 Kandygatai is composed of riebeckite granites, which sometimes contain astrophyllite. Accessories include zircon, columbite and apatite. There are dykes of peralkaline microgranite.

Age: 
Geological evidence indicates an early Permian age.
References: 

ERMOLOV, P.V., VLADIMIROV, A.G. and TIKHOMIROVA, N.I. 1988. The petrology of silica oversaturated agpaitic alkaline rocks. Nauka, Novosibirsk. 86 pp.

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