Alkaline Rocks, Kimberlites and Carbonatites: Geochemistry and Genesis

This proceedings book represents a collection of conference papers examining the fundamental problems of deep magmatism.

Enriched mantle reservoirs can be the source of the most massive apatite and rare metal deposits. Additionally, this book also presents some of the characteristics of kimberlites'' composition from the deep Yubileinaya pipe and the mineralogical features of the Nakyn kimberlite field (Yakutia) and the crystallochemical features of rare and complex silicates from charoite rocks of the deep Murunskii massif in South Africa and the comendites of Mongolia.