stripes
Occurrence number:
005-00-002
Country:
Angola
Location:
Longitude: 14.17, Latitude: -9.08
Carbonatite:
No
A mesocratic nepheline syenite, referred to as etindite, is briefly described by Andrade (1959) and consists of 34% nepheline, 48% augite, 45% olivine, as phenocrysts and microphenocrysts, and 14% biotite plus magnetite. It would thus appear to be an ijolite. No other details have been traced.
References:
ANDRADE, M.M. de 1959. Analise quimicas de rochas eruptivas de Angola, publicadas áte fins de 1959. Publicações do Museu e Laboratorio Mineralógico e Geológico da Faculdade de Ciências do Porto, (4 Serie) 76: 1-77.
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