Locality type:

Pipe

Classification

Species:

Sanidine

Formula:

K(AlSi₃O₈)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Karashoho pipe, Bukantau Mountains, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1564292

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1564292:5

GUID (UUID V4):

9c883ddf-6edd-4e62-9372-25c0db2b2ec3

References

Golovko, A.V., Kaminsky, F.V. (2010) The Shoshonite-Absarokite-Picrite Karashoho Pipe, Uzbekistan: An Unusual Diamond Deposit in an Atypical Tectonic Environment. Economic Geology, 105, 825-840.

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	Golovko, A. V., Kaminsky, F. V. (2010) The Shoshonite-Absarokite-Picrite Karashoho Pipe, Uzbekistan: An Unusual Diamond Deposit in an Atypical Tectonic Environment. Economic Geology, 105 (4) 825-840 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.105.4.825	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	825–840 The Shoshonite-Absarokite-Picrite Karashoho Pipe, Uzbekistan: An Unusual Diamond Deposit in an Atypical...Expedition, State Geologic Committee, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2KM Diamond Exploration Ltd., West Vancouver...The diamondiferous Karashoho pipe was discovered in the Bukantau Mountains, Uzbekistan, in the 1990s and...shoshonite-absarokite-picritic rocks and shonkinite. The pipe is located within the southern Tian-Shan Hercynian...the pipe is 353 ± 13 Ma. By petrographic, mineralogical, and chemical compositions the Karashoho rocks

Sanidine from Karashoho pipe, Bukantau Mountains, Navoiy, Uzbekistan

Sanidine from
Karashoho pipe, Bukantau Mountains, Navoiy, Uzbekistan