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Naidu, P. R. J. (1963). Crystallization of leucite–nepheline–sanidine in basic differentiates from a peridotite–dunite mass in Salem, Madras State, India. Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 1, 251-257.

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Original EntryNaidu, P. R. J. (1963). Crystallization of leucite–nepheline–sanidine in basic differentiates from a peridotite–dunite mass in Salem, Madras State, India. Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 1, 251-257.
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Full ReferenceNaidu, P. R. J. (1963). Crystallization of leucite–nepheline–sanidine in basic differentiates from a peridotite–dunite mass in Salem, Madras State, India. Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 1, 251-257.
Plain TextNaidu, P. R. J. (1963). Crystallization of leucite–nepheline–sanidine in basic differentiates from a peridotite–dunite mass in Salem, Madras State, India. Mineralogical Society of America Special Paper, 1, 251-257.

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Salem Complex, Omalur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India

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Salem Complex, Omalur, Salem District, Tamil Nadu, Indiaⓘ Clinopyroxene Subgroup, ⓘ Dunite, ⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series, Hornblende, ⓘ K Feldspar, ⓘ Leucite, ⓘ Melasyenite, ⓘ Nepheline, ⓘ Orthopyroxene Subgroup, ⓘ Phlogopite, ⓘ Pseudoleucite, ⓘ Pyroxene Group, ⓘ Pyroxenite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Shonkinite, ⓘ Websterite

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