Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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

Dawa Parma

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Occurrence number: 
054-00-065
Country: 
Ethiopia
Location: 
Longitude: 42.08, Latitude: 4.2
Carbonatite: 
No

In the Dawa Parma valley Mohr (1962a) reports the occurrence of aegirine-bearing syenite associated with biotite granite.

References: 

MOHR, P.A. 1962a (reprinted 1971). The geology of Ethiopia. University College of Addis Ababa Press, Addis Ababa. 268 pp.

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