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Xena pipe

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The Xena pipe is a diatreme associated with the Birch Mountains kimberlite field in northern Alberta, Canada. It is thought to have formed about 75 million years ago when this part of Alberta was volcanically active during the Late Cretaceous period.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Petrogenetic considerations for the Late Cretaceous northern Alberta kimberlite province
  2. ^ Alberta Geological Survey: Kimberlites, Indicator Minerals and Diamonds

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