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Kaur, Gurmeet, Mitchell, Roger H., Ahmed, Suhel (2018) Mineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes, Ramadugu lamproite field, Nalgonda District, Telangana: A possible expression of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (1) 35-58 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.045

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TitleMineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes, Ramadugu lamproite field, Nalgonda District, Telangana: A possible expression of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India
JournalMineralogical Magazine
AuthorsKaur, GurmeetAuthor
Mitchell, Roger H.Author
Ahmed, SuhelAuthor
Year2018 (February)Volume82
Issue1
PublisherMineralogical Society
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.045Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceKaur, Gurmeet, Mitchell, Roger H., Ahmed, Suhel (2018) Mineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes, Ramadugu lamproite field, Nalgonda District, Telangana: A possible expression of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (1) 35-58 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.045
Plain TextKaur, Gurmeet, Mitchell, Roger H., Ahmed, Suhel (2018) Mineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes, Ramadugu lamproite field, Nalgonda District, Telangana: A possible expression of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India. Mineralogical Magazine, 82 (1) 35-58 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.045
Abstract/NotesABSTRACTThe mineralogy of nine recently discovered dykes (VL1:VL8 and VL10) in the vicinity of Vattikod village, Nalgonda district in Telangana State is described. The mineral assemblage present and their compositions are comparable to those of bona fide lamproites in terms of the presence of phlogopite (Ti-rich, Al-poor phlogopite and tetraferriphlogopite); amphiboles (potassic-arfvedsonite, potassic-richterite, potassic-ferro-richterite, potassic-katophorite, Ti-rich potassic-katophorite, Ti-rich potassic-magnesio-katophorite); Al-poor clinopyroxenes; feldspars (K-feldspar, Ba-K-feldspar and Na-feldspar) and spinels (chromite-magnetite and qandilite-ulvƶspinel-franklinite). These dykes have undergone diverse and significant degrees of deuteric alteration as shown by the formation of secondary phases such as: titanite, allanite, hydro-zircon, calcite, chlorite, quartz and cryptocrystalline SiO2. On the basis of their respective mineralogy: the VL4 and VL5 dykes are classified as pseudoleucite-phlogopite lamproite; VL2 and VL3 dykes as pseudoleucite-amphibole-lamproite; and VL6, VL7 and VL8 as pseudoleucite-phlogopite-amphibole-lamproite. VL10 is extensively altered but contains fresh euhedral apatite microphenocrysts together with pseudomorphs after leucite and is classified as a pseudoleucite-apatite-(phlogopite?) lamproite. The mineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes is compared with that of the Ramadugu, Somavarigudem and Yacharam lamproite dykes which also occur in the Ramadugu lamproite field. The lamproites from the Eastern Dharwar Craton are considered as being possible expressions of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along the Eastern Ghats mobile belt.

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Vattikod Lamproite dyke 1, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 10, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 2-3, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 4, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 5, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 7, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 8, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India

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Vattikod Lamproite dyke 1, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, K Feldspar, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 10, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, K Feldspar, Quartz, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 2-3, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Amphibole Supergroup, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyroxene Group, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 4, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, Dolomite, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Monazite Group, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 5, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Cobalt-bearing Calcite, Dolomite, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Monazite Group, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 6, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Amphibole Supergroup, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, Cobalt-bearing Calcite, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 7, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Amphibole Supergroup, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Pyroxene Group, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite
Vattikod Lamproite dyke 8, Ramadugu Lamproite Field, Nalgonda District, Telangana, India Allanite Group, Amphibole Supergroup, Apatite, Baryte, Calcite, Chlorite Group, Dolomite, K Feldspar, Magnetite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Spinel, Titanite


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