Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Beio

stripes

Occurrence number: 
030-00-035
Country: 
Cameroon
Location: 
Longitude: 9.87, Latitude: 2.65
Carbonatite: 
No

An area of microcline-amphibole gneisses lies along the coast north of Beio and these are described by Champetier de Ribes and Reyre (1959) as being of the same type as the gneisses of Nkonglong (No. 34). However, no petrographic details are given.

References: 

CHAMPETIER DE RIBES, G. and REYRE, D. 1959. Notice explicative sur la feuille Yaoundé-Ouest. Carte Géologique de Reconnaissance à l'échelle du 1/500,000. (O21) République du Cameroun. Paris.

Map: 
Fig. 3_34 The location of the Nkonglong, Lolodorf and Beio occurrences (after Kornprobst et al., 1976, Fig. 1).
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