Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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

Pachinskii

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Occurrence number: 
136-12-006
Country: 
Russia
Region: 
Kola and Karelia
Location: 
Longitude: 39.4, Latitude: 67.5
Carbonatite: 
No

The Pachinskii occurrence lies close to the South Keiv fault, takes a layered form and covers some 120 km2. It cuts through Archaean granodiorites, migmatites, gneisses and anorthosites and contains xenoliths of these rocks. It comprises arfvedsonite-aegirine granites.

References: 

BATIEVA, I.D. 1976. The petrology of alkaline granitoids of the Kola peninsula. Nauka, Leningrad. 223 pp.

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