| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 6 Petrogenesis of aln6itic rocks from Malaita, Solomon Islands, Melanesia PETER H. NIXON Geology Department... Aphanitic and fragmental aln6itic rocks from Malaita contain ultrabasic xenoliths and discrete nodules...similar to that found in kimberlites, the host Malaita rocks are mineralogically and geochemicallydifferent...kimberlite. AN aln6ite intrusion from Malaita Island, in the Solomon Islands, described by Allen and Deans 0965)...been known from a handful of small specimens from Malaita (Allen and Deans, i965; Dawson et al., I978). |
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