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![Locations of the ‘kimberlite’ clusters occurring in the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur district (Andhra Pradesh), showing the location of pipe P2 in the Wajrakarur cluster. Also shown in the inset map are the locations of the kimberlite and lamproite fields in the Eastern Dharwar Craton.]()
![Generalized geological map of southern India is in the inset, showing the distribution of kimberlite/ lamproite fields together and the main figure shows the detailed geological map of Wajrakarur Kimberlite field (WKF) with the location of Pipe-17 (adapted from Nayak and Kudari, 1999)]()
![Figure 1. Regional map of India showing location of Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF) and Wajrakarur kimberlite field (WKF) within Dharwar Craton and relevant geological features.]()
![Location of the kimberlites in the Wajrakarur cluster of the Wajrakarur kimberlite field (WKF), in relation to the Eastern Dharwar craton of southern India (inset map) (Modified after Nayak and Kudari, 1999). PGC: Peninsular gneissic complex, DGB: Dharwar greenstone belt, CG: Clospet granite and equivalents, CB: Cuddapah Basin, SGT: Southern granulite terrain, DT: Deccan trap.]()
![(a) Geological map of the Eastern Dharwar Craton (modified from Mohanty, 2015) showing the locations of calc-alkaline lamprophyres (DCS: Dancherla, MUD: Mudigubba, and KAD: Kadiri), kimberlite fields (NKF: Narayanpet kimberlite field, RKF: Raichur kimberlite field, and WKF: Wajrakarur kimberlite field), and lamproite fields (KLF: Krishna lamproite field and RLF: Ramadugu lamproite field), (b) Geological map of the study area (Geological Survey of India, 2023) showing the location of the Dancherla calc-alkaline lamprophyre-diorite dyke.]()
![Location map of NK–2 and KK–6 in Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF), Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India. Location of other kimberlites is also shown (after Rao et al. 1998). Inset map shows the location of the Wajrakarur kimberlite Field (WKF) and Raichur kimberlite Field (RKF) in the Eastern Dharwar craton.]()
![Location map of the Chintalapalle lamproite in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India (modified after Chalapathi Rao, 2011). Various Mesoproterozoic kimberlite, lamproite and lamprophyre fields representing alkaline potassic magmatism are also depicted. NKF, Narayanpet kimberlite field; RKF, Raichur kimberlite field; WKF, Wajrakarur kimberlite field; KLF, Krishna lamproite field; RLF, Ramadugu lamproite field; Vattikod, Chelima and Zangamarajupalle, Cuddapah Basin lamproites and EGMB, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt.]()
![Ca-Mg-Fe compositional variation of primary (groundmass) clinopyroxenes in the Pipe 15 kimberlite of the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, shown in comparison to Group 1 and Group 2 (orangeite) kimberlites from South Africa (Mitchell, 1995) as well as Group 1 kimberlites from the Eastern Dharwar craton (Chalapathi Rao and Dongre, 2009) and the Behradih Group 2 kimberlites (orangeites).]()
![(a) Generalized geological map of peninsular India. (b) Geological map of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India (modified after Nayak & Kudari, 1999; Shaikh et al.2017).]()
![Location map of the Vattikod lamproite Cluster, Ramadugu lamproite field in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India (modified after Chalapathi Rao, 2011). Various Mesoproterozoic kimberlite, lamproite and lamprophyre fields representing alkaline potassic magmatism are also depicted. NKF, Narayanpet kimberlite field; RKF, Raichur kimberlite field; WKF, Wajrakarur kimberlite field; KLF, Krishna lamproite field; RLF, Ramadugu lamproite field; Chelima and Zangamarajupalle, Cuddapah Basin lamproites and EGMB, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt.]()
![Distribution of kimberlites and lamproites in the Bundelkhand, Singhbhum, Bastar and Dharwar cratons of the Indian subcontinent. Diamonds (◊), circles (o) and crosses (x) refer to kimberlites, lamproites and deformed alkaline rocks and carbonatites (DARC) locations in the southern Indian sub-continent, respectively. Bu – Bunder lamproites; M – Majhgawan lamproite field; B – Basna kimberlite field; Na – Nawapara lamproite field; Mp – Mainpur kimberlite field; Tk – Tokapal kimberlite field; Ra – Ramadugu lamproite field; N – Narayanpet kimberlite field; R – Raichur kimberlite field; T – Tungabhadra kimberlite field; W – Wajrakarur kimberlite field; Nl – Nallamalai lamproite field; K – Krishna lamproite field; and D – Damodar valley lamproites (Gurmeet Kaur and Mitchell, 2016; Gurmeet Kaur et al., 2018).]()
![Distribution of kimberlites and lamproites in the Bundelkhand, Singhbhum, Bastar and Dharwar cratons of the Indian subcontinent. Diamonds (♦), circles (●) and crosses (x) in the figure refer to kimberlites, lamproites and deformed alkaline rocks and carbonatites (DARC) locations in the southern Indian sub-continent, respectively. Bu – Bunder lamproites, M – Majhgawan lamproite field, B – Basna kimberlite field, Na – Nawapara lamproite field, Mp – Mainpur kimberlite field, Tk – Tokapal kimberlite field, Ra – Ramadugu lamproite field, N – Narayanpet kimberlite field, R – Raichur kimberlite field, T – Tungabhadra kimberlite field, W – Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Nl – Nallamalai lamproite field, K – Krishna lamproite field, and D – Damodar valley lamproites (Gurmeet Kaur and Mitchell, 2016).]()
![Major diamond and kimberlite fields and schist belts of Andhra Pradesh (redrawn after Ramam and Murty, 1997, and Babu, 1998). A = Wajrakarur Kimberlite field (WKF), B = Krishna River gravels, C = Cuddapah-Kurnool diamond field, D = Narayanpet Kimberlite field (NKF). The five schist belts are (1) Ramagiri (RG)-Penakacherla (PC), (2) Kolar (KO)-Kadiri (KD)-Jonnagiri (Jo)-Raichur (RA), (3) Veligallu (VG)-Narayanpet (NP), (4) Tsundapalli (SP)-Peddavuru (PV), and (5) Nellore (NE)-Khammam (KM)-Warangal (WA) schist belts. PGC = Peninsular Gneissic Complex.]()
![First from top, the Nata melilite-bearing lamprophyre in Cyprus intruding the red Dhiarizos sandstones on the left (Chan 2004). Second, a ~ 30cm wide calc-alkaline lamprophyric dike cutting marbles at the periphery of the Serifos island granitoid, Greece. Third, a lamprophyre dike at Sivarampet in Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India (Phani et al. 2018). Forth, the Majhgawan diamond mine, India (the rock in the diatreme is a variety of lamproite). Bottom, a 20x10m kimberlite outcrop at Balkamthota Vanka, India.]()
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The Pipe-15 Kimberlite: A New Addition to the Wajrakarur Cluster of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 July 2015
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2015) 86 (1): 71–79.
... of the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Eastern Dharwar craton, Southern India. These mineral compositions are also compared with newly acquired analyses of groundmass minerals in the Pipe 2 kimberlite. The kimberlite in this newly discovered intrusion (here referred to as Pipe 15) is characterized by a magmatic...
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Mineralogy of the P2-West ‘Kimberlite’, Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Andhra Pradesh, India: kimberlite or lamproite?
Journal: Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2013
Mineralogical Magazine (2013) 77 (8): 3175–3196.
...Gurmeet Kaur; R. H. Mitchell Abstract A detailed mineralogical examination of representative material from the P2-West ‘kimberlite’ located in the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field (India) demonstrates that significant differences exist between these rocks and archetypal hypabyssal kimberlite...
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Petrology and Geochemistry of a Calc-alkaline Lamprophyre‐Diorite Dyke from Dancherla Area, in the Vicinity of Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 March 2025
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2025) 101 (3): 350–365.
... of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field of the Eastern Dharwar Craton. The lamprophyre consists of a high modal abundance of amphibole (magnesio-hornblende) phenocrysts and microphenocrysts along with clinopyroxene (diopside) microphenocrysts set in a feldspathic groundmass. The inequigranular texture of the lamprophyre...
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Indicator Mineral Chemistry of P-17 Kimberlite, Wajrakarur Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for Diamond Prospectivity
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 May 2025
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2025) 101 (5): 634–646.
... with kimberlites as well as diamonds. The Penna Ahobilam Pipe-17 kimberlite in the well-known Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, southern India, is one of the latest discoveries by the Geological Survey of India and very little information is available as to its diamond prospectivity visà-vis...
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Application of UAV-borne Magnetic Survey in Diamond Exploration: A Case Study over Kimberlite-Carbonatite Intrusion from Khaderpet, Eastern Dharwar Craton, South India
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 February 2025
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2025) 101 (2): 198–207.
... at Khaderpet within the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field (WKF), south India. The kimberlite clan rock (KCR) of Kaderpet is expressed as a chloritised kimberlite- granite breccia that shows characteristics of an ultramafic lamprophyre. Owing to good response given by WKF kimberlites for magnetic surveys, a magnetic...
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New insights into the genesis of Indian kimberlites from the Dharwar Craton via in situ Sr isotope analysis of groundmass perovskite
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 November 2007
Geology (2007) 35 (11): 1011–1014.
... by contamination and alteration processes. Bulk-rock Sr isotopic data obtained for 18 intrusions from the adjacent Narayanpet and Wajrakarur kimberlite fields of the Dharwar Craton, India, exhibit a high degree of scatter (∼0.701–0.709) and have indistinguishable initial isotope ratios. In contrast, laser ablation...
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Locations of the ‘kimberlite’ clusters occurring in the Wajrakarur Kimberli...
in Mineralogy of the P2-West ‘Kimberlite’, Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Andhra Pradesh, India: kimberlite or lamproite?
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 December 2013
F ig . 1. Locations of the ‘kimberlite’ clusters occurring in the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur district (Andhra Pradesh), showing the location of pipe P2 in the Wajrakarur cluster. Also shown in the inset map are the locations of the kimberlite and lamproite fields in the Eastern
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Generalized geological map of southern India is in the inset, showing the d...
in Indicator Mineral Chemistry of P-17 Kimberlite, Wajrakarur Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India: Implications for Diamond Prospectivity
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 May 2025
Fig. 1. Generalized geological map of southern India is in the inset, showing the distribution of kimberlite/ lamproite fields together and the main figure shows the detailed geological map of Wajrakarur Kimberlite field (WKF) with the location of Pipe-17 (adapted from Nayak and Kudari, 1999 )
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Figure 1. Regional map of India showing location of Narayanpet kimberlite f...
in New insights into the genesis of Indian kimberlites from the Dharwar Craton via in situ Sr isotope analysis of groundmass perovskite
> Geology
Published: 01 November 2007
Figure 1. Regional map of India showing location of Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF) and Wajrakarur kimberlite field (WKF) within Dharwar Craton and relevant geological features.
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Location of the kimberlites in the Wajrakarur cluster of the Wajrakarur kim...
in The Pipe-15 Kimberlite: A New Addition to the Wajrakarur Cluster of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 July 2015
Fig.1. Location of the kimberlites in the Wajrakarur cluster of the Wajrakarur kimberlite field (WKF), in relation to the Eastern Dharwar craton of southern India (inset map) (Modified after Nayak and Kudari, 1999 ). PGC: Peninsular gneissic complex, DGB: Dharwar greenstone belt, CG: Clospet
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(a) Geological map of the Eastern Dharwar Craton (modified from Mohanty, ...
in Petrology and Geochemistry of a Calc-alkaline Lamprophyre‐Diorite Dyke from Dancherla Area, in the Vicinity of Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 March 2025
Fig.1. (a) Geological map of the Eastern Dharwar Craton (modified from Mohanty, 2015 ) showing the locations of calc-alkaline lamprophyres (DCS: Dancherla, MUD: Mudigubba, and KAD: Kadiri), kimberlite fields (NKF: Narayanpet kimberlite field, RKF: Raichur kimberlite field, and WKF: Wajrakarur
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Location map of NK–2 and KK–6 in Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF), Eastern...
in MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF KIMBERLITES NK–2 AND KK–6, NARAYANPET KIMBERLITE FIELD, EASTERN DHARWAR CRATON, SOUTHERN INDIA: EVIDENCE FOR A TRANSITIONAL KIMBERLITE SIGNATURE
> The Canadian Mineralogist
Published: 01 October 2009
F ig . 1. Location map of NK–2 and KK–6 in Narayanpet kimberlite field (NKF), Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India. Location of other kimberlites is also shown (after Rao et al. 1998 ). Inset map shows the location of the Wajrakarur kimberlite Field (WKF) and Raichur kimberlite Field (RKF
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Location map of the Chintalapalle lamproite in the Eastern Dharwar craton, ...
in A New Find of Lamproite Dyke near Chintalapalle Area, NW Margin of the Cuddapah Basin, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 February 2016
field; RKF, Raichur kimberlite field; WKF, Wajrakarur kimberlite field; KLF, Krishna lamproite field; RLF, Ramadugu lamproite field; Vattikod, Chelima and Zangamarajupalle, Cuddapah Basin lamproites and EGMB, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt.
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Ca-Mg-Fe compositional variation of primary (groundmass) clinopyroxenes in ...
in The Pipe-15 Kimberlite: A New Addition to the Wajrakarur Cluster of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 July 2015
Fig.6. Ca-Mg-Fe compositional variation of primary (groundmass) clinopyroxenes in the Pipe 15 kimberlite of the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, shown in comparison to Group 1 and Group 2 (orangeite) kimberlites from South Africa ( Mitchell, 1995 ) as well as Group 1 kimberlites from the Eastern
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(a) Generalized geological map of peninsular India. (b) Geological map of t...
in Mantle transition zone-derived eclogite xenolith entrained in a diamondiferous Mesoproterozoic (∼1.1 Ga) kimberlite from the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: evidence from a coesite, K-omphacite, and majoritic garnet assemblage
> Geological Magazine
Published: 15 February 2023
Fig. 1. (a) Generalized geological map of peninsular India. (b) Geological map of the Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field in the Eastern Dharwar Craton, India (modified after Nayak & Kudari, 1999 ; Shaikh et al. 2017 ).
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Location map of the Vattikod lamproite Cluster, Ramadugu lamproite field in...
in Discovery of Lamproites near Vattikod Area, NW Margin of the Cuddapah Basin, Eastern Dharwar Craton, Southern India
> Journal of the Geological Society of India
Published: 01 October 2013
. NKF, Narayanpet kimberlite field; RKF, Raichur kimberlite field; WKF, Wajrakarur kimberlite field; KLF, Krishna lamproite field; RLF, Ramadugu lamproite field; Chelima and Zangamarajupalle, Cuddapah Basin lamproites and EGMB, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt.
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Distribution of kimberlites and lamproites in the Bundelkhand, Singhbhum, B...
in Mineralogy of the baotite-bearing Gundrapalli lamproite, Nalgonda district, Telangana, India
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 31 January 2019
– Tungabhadra kimberlite field; W – Wajrakarur kimberlite field; Nl – Nallamalai lamproite field; K – Krishna lamproite field; and D – Damodar valley lamproites (Gurmeet Kaur and Mitchell, 2016 ; Gurmeet Kaur et al ., 2018 ).
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Distribution of kimberlites and lamproites in the Bundelkhand, Singhbhum, B...
in Mineralogy of the Vattikod lamproite dykes, Ramadugu lamproite field, Nalgonda District, Telangana: A possible expression of ancient subduction-related alkaline magmatism along Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, India
> Mineralogical Magazine
Published: 01 February 2018
field, T – Tungabhadra kimberlite field, W – Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Nl – Nallamalai lamproite field, K – Krishna lamproite field, and D – Damodar valley lamproites (Gurmeet Kaur and Mitchell, 2016 ).
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Major diamond and kimberlite fields and schist belts of Andhra Pradesh (red...
in Bouguer gravity anomalies and occurrence patterns of kimberlite pipes in Narayanpet-Maddur Regions, Andhra Pradesh, India
> Geophysics
Published: 14 January 2005
Figure 1. Major diamond and kimberlite fields and schist belts of Andhra Pradesh (redrawn after Ramam and Murty, 1997 , and Babu, 1998 ). A = Wajrakarur Kimberlite field (WKF), B = Krishna River gravels, C = Cuddapah-Kurnool diamond field, D = Narayanpet Kimberlite field (NKF). The five schist
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First from top, the Nata melilite-bearing lamprophyre in Cyprus intruding t...
Published: 01 September 2022
at Sivarampet in Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, India ( Phani et al. 2018 ). Forth, the Majhgawan diamond mine, India (the rock in the diatreme is a variety of lamproite). Bottom, a 20x10m kimberlite outcrop at Balkamthota Vanka, India.
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