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Calcite from
Loe Shilman Carbonatite, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Loe Shilman Carbonatite, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:836921
Long-form Identifier:1:3:836921:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘWarsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘSillai Patti Carbonatite, Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘKhyber Limestone, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan
66.2km (41.2 miles) ⓘKhyber Limestone, Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
97.5km (60.6 miles) ⓘKatlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
99.0km (61.5 miles) ⓘGhundao hill, Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
References
Jan, M. Q., Kamal, M., & Qureshi, A. Á. (1981). Petrography Of The Loe Shilman Carbonatite Gomplex, Khyber Agengy. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 14, 29-43.
Mian, I., Le Bas, M. J. (1986) Sodic amphiboles in fenites from the Loe Shilman carbonatite complex, NW Pakistan. Mineralogical Magazine, 50 (356) 187-197 doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.356.01
Mian, I., Le Bas, M. J. (1987) The biotite-phlogopite series in fenites from the Loe Shilman carbonatite complex, NW Pakistan. Mineralogical Magazine, 51 (361) 397-408 doi:10.1180/minmag.1987.051.361.06
Tilton, G. R., Bryce, J. G., Mateen, A. (1998) Pb-Sr-Nd Isotope Data from 30 and 300 Ma Collision Zone Carbonatites in Northwest Pakistan. Journal of Petrology, 39 (11) 1865-1874 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.11-12.1865
Rashid, Mehboob ur; Rehman, Hafiz U. (2025) Petrological, Textural, Compositional, and Economic Potential of Carbonatites from the Peshawar Plain Alkaline Igneous Province, Northwestern Himalaya. Minerals, 15 (5). doi:10.3390/min15050439
 
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