New Paper on carbonatites coauthored by Dr. Virginia McLemore
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Carbonatite dike in the Lemitar Mountains, near Socorro
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2021
× Carbonatite dike in the Lemitar Mountains, near Socorro
2021
July 28, 2021
This new paper, titled "Petrogenesis of silica-rich carbonatites from continental rift settings: a missing link between carbonatites and carbonated silicate melts?", presents the results of petrography, chemistry, and stable isotopes of four silicocarbonatites from rift settings (Lemitar Mts, New Mexico; Iron Hill, Colo, Sukulu and Tororo, Uganda). The paper presents a model that explains the origin of silicocarbonatites from parental carbonated silicate melts vis liquid immiscibility. This study also explains the link between silicate and carbonatite melts found throughout the world.
