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Kefdag and Soridag chromite pods occur in upper mantle residual peridotites, which consist of harzburgite and dunites. The peridotites represent the residual of multistage, depleted upper-mantle peridotites. The chromitite bodies were formed during the uprising of chromium-rich picritic melts, through the residual upper mantle diapir, along the magma conduits. Chromitite grains were deposited in the caves of the magma conduits under the control of the convection currents.
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Üşümezsoy, Ş. On the formation mode of the Guleman chromite deposits (Turkey). Mineral. Deposita 25, 89–95 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208850
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