Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

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Kurithai

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Occurrence number: 
170-00-019
Country: 
Uganda
Location: 
Longitude: 34.47, Latitude: 2.25
Carbonatite: 
No

The hill of Kurithai is built of a circular, 400 m-diameter plug of nephelinite which consists of pale green clinopyroxene, subhedral nepheline and magnetite.

References: 

TRENDALL, A.F. 1965a. Explanation of the geology of Sheet 35 (Napak). Report, Geological Survey of Uganda, 12: 1-70.

Location: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith