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Olivine lamproite

A rock subtype

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Olivine lamproite

Ellendale 11 Pit 1, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Olivine lamproite

Ellendale 11 Pit 1, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Olivine lamproite

Ellendale 11 Pit 1, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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About Olivine lamproiteHide

A rock type corresponding to micaceous or lamprophyric kimberites, or an olivine-rich lamproite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

48040

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:48040:6

GUID
(UUID V4):

07a802d4-2abd-429a-8b32-12cf34e646f8

Classification of Olivine lamproiteHide

Rock
- Igneous rock
  - Exotic crystalline igneous rock
    - Lamproite
      - Olivine lamproite
    - Ultrapotassic rock
      - Lamproite
        Olivine lamproite
    - Kimberlite
      - Olivine lamproite

Mineralogy of Olivine lamproiteHide

Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:

Mica > Phlogopite	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Olivine	Commonly used as a synonym for a member of the Fayalite-Forsterite Series, but more generally and properly ...

Pronunciation of Olivine lamproiteHide

Pronunciation:

Play	Recorded by	Country
	Jolyon & Katya Ralph	United Kingdom

Synonyms of Olivine lamproiteHide

Group-2-kimberlite

Orangeite

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References for Olivine lamproiteHide

Reference List:

Mitchell, R. H., 1995: Kimberlites, orangeites, and related rocks. Plenum Press, New York. Francis,D. and Patterson,M.(2009): Kimberlites and aillikites as probes of the continental lithospheric mantle. Lithos, 109, 72-80.

Localities for Olivine lamproiteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Australia
Western Australia Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Lake Argyle area ⓘ Argyle Diamond Mine	Atkinson, W. J., Hughes, F. E., & Smith, C. B. (1984). A review of the kimberlitic rocks of Western Australia. In Developments in Petrology (Vol. 11, pp. 195-224). Elsevier. Jaques, A. L., Lewis, J. D., & Smith, C. B. (1986). The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia: Geol. Surv. West. Aust. Bull, 132. Pidgeon, R. T., Smith, C. B., & Fanning, C. M. (1989). Kimberlite and lamproite emplacement ages in Western Australia. Kimberlites and related rocks, 1, 382-391. Grice, J. D., & Boxer, G. L. (1990). Diamonds from Kimberley, Western Australia. The Mineralogical Record, 21, 559-564. Jaques, A. L., O'Neill, H. S. C., Smith, C. B., Moon, J., & Chappell, B. W. (1990). Diamondiferous peridotite xenoliths from the Argyle (AK1) lamproite pipe, Western Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104(3), 255-276. Luguet, A., Jaques, A. L., Pearson, D. G., Smith, C. B., Bulanova, G. P., Roffey, S. L., ... & Lorand, J. P. (2009). An integrated petrological, geochemical and Re–Os isotope study of peridotite xenoliths from the Argyle lamproite, Western Australia and implications for cratonic diamond occurrences. Lithos, 112, 1096-1108. Rayner, M. J., Moss, S. W., Lorenz, V., Jaques, A. L., Boxer, G. L., Smith, C. B., & Webb, K. (2018). New insights into volcanic processes from deep mining of the southern diatreme within the Argyle lamproite pipe, Western Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 1-13.
ⓘ Lissadell Road Dikes	Jaques, A. L., Lewis, J. D., & Smith, C. B. (1986). The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia: Geol. Surv. West. Aust. Bull, 132.

Finland
North Ostrobothnia Kuusamo ⓘ Kuusamo Kimberlites	Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129 Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129
ⓘ Lampi	Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129 Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129
Taivalkoski ⓘ Dike 15	Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129 Hayden Dalton, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips, Janet Hergt, Hugh O'Brien (2018) Mineral Chemistry and Petrography of Kuusamo Kimberlites and Related Rocks, Finland. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 129

India
Andhra Pradesh Rayalaseema Region Anantapur District Wajrakarur kimberlite field Wajrakarur–Lattavaram cluster ⓘ P4 lamproite	Shaikh, A. M., Kumar, S. P., Patel, S. C., Thakur, S. S., Ravi, S., & Behera, D. (2018). The P3 kimberlite and P4 lamproite, Wajrakarur kimberlite field, India: mineralogy, and major and minor element compositions of olivines as records of their phenocrystic vs xenocrystic origin. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112(2), 609-624.
ⓘ Pipe-8	Dongre, A., Viljoen, K.S., Belyanin, G., Petrus LeRoux, Malandkar, M. (2020) Petrogenesis of the diamondiferous Pipe-8 ultramafic intrusion from the Wajrakarur kimberlite field of Southern India and its relation to the worldwide Mesoproterozoic (~1.1 Ga) magmatism of kimberlite and related rocks. Geoscience Frontiers 11, 793-805.
Jharkhand Dhanbad District ⓘ Jharia Coalfield	Rock, N. M. S., Griffin, B. J., Edgar, A. D., Paul, D. K., & Hergt, J. M. (1992). A spectrum of potentially diamondiferous lamproites and minettes from the Jharia coalfield, eastern India. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 50(1-2), 55-83. Kent, R. W., Kelley, S. P., & Pringle, M. S. (1998). Mineralogy and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of orangeites (Group II kimberlites) from the Damodar Valley, eastern India. Mineralogical Magazine, 62(3), 313-323. Mitchell, R. H. (2007). Potassic rocks from the Gondwana coalfields of India: Closing Pandora's box of petrological confusion?. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 69(3), 505. Srivastava, R. K., Rao, N. C., & Sinha, A. K. (2009). Cretaceous potassic intrusives with affinities to aillikites from Jharia area: magmatic expression of metasomatically veined and thinned lithospheric mantle beneath Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India. Lithos, 112, 407-418.
Ramgarh District ⓘ Bokaro coalfield	Basu, A., Bhattacharya, A. K., & Paul, P. K. (1997). Petrology and geochemistry of the lamprophyric rocks from the Bokaro Coalfield, Bihar and their economic potential. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 50, 255-266. Mitchell, R. H. (2007). Potassic rocks from the Gondwana coalfields of India: Closing Pandora's box of petrological confusion?. JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, 69(3), 505-512. Woolley A.R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe, p.98

Russia
Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ Ingashi field	Kostrovitsky, S. I., Yakovlev, D. A., Sharygin, I. S., Gladkochub, D. P., Donskaya, T. V., Tretiakova, I. G., ... & Malkovets, V. G. (2021). Diamondiferous lamproites of Ingashi field, Siberian craton. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 513.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Boguchansky District Chadobets alkaline complex ⓘ Chuktukon carbonatite massif	Doroshkevich, A. G., Chebotarev, D. A., Sharygin, V. V., Prokopyev, I. R., & Nikolenko, A. M. (2019). Petrology of alkaline silicate rocks and carbonatites of the Chuktukon massif, Chadobets upland, Russia: Sources, evolution and relation to the Triassic Siberian LIP. Lithos, 332, 245-260.
Republic of Karelia Kostomuksha City District Kostomuksha Fe deposit ⓘ Lamproite	Gorkovetz, V. Y., NS, R., Popov, M. G., & Antonov, A. V. (2012) Mineralogy of diamond bearing lamproite diatreme in the Kostomuksha region (Karelia, Russia). Abstracts of International conference Ore potential of alkaline, kimberlite and carbonatite magmatism

South Africa
Northern Cape ZF Mgcawu District Municipality Kgatelopele Local Municipality Lime Acres ⓘ Finsch mine	Henrietta Farr, Andrea Giuliani, David Phillips (2018) Melt evolution of the Finsch orangeite, South Africa. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 423

USA
Arkansas Pike County Murfreesboro ⓘ Twin Knobs No. 1 Mine	Dummett, H. T. (1987). Geology and petrography of the Twin Knobs# 1 lamproite, Pike County, Arkansas. Mantle Metasomatism and Alkaline Magmatism, 215, 205.
Montana Chouteau County Highwood Mountains ⓘ Lamproitic dike	Kuehner, S. M., Irving, A. J., & O'Brien, H. E. (2003, June). A kalborsite-pitiglianoite-kalsilite-shcherbakovite-barytolamprophyllite-wadeite-bearing lamproitic dike from the northern Highwood Mountains, Montana, USA. In International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts (Vol. 8).

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