The Richat Structure contains more than 32 Carbonatite dikes which are 1 to 4 meters wide
and 300 meters long.
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The Richat Structure contains more than 32 Carbonatite dykes which are 1 to 4 meters wide
and 300 meters long.
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Carbonatite rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of its
kind in South Asia and one of the oldest in the world.
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The Carbonatite rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of
its kind in South India and one of the oldest in the world.
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The Carbonatite rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of
its kind in South Asia and one of the oldest in the world.
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This is a volcano which fascinates many volcanologists,
as it is the only known-volcano in the world that erupts Carbonatite lava instead of lava which is silicic in composition.
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Furthermore, the Carbonatite lava at Ol Doinyo Lengai has a very low viscosity,
i.e. it is very runny like water, and is black when it first erupts, but changes to a whitish powder as it cools down.