Calcite - amphibole - clinopyroxene rock from the Afrikanda complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Mineralogy and a possible link to carbonatites. I. oxide minerals

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-198

  Chakhmouradian, Anton R ^a   Zaitsev, Anatoly N ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Afrikanda; Carbonatite; Clinopyroxenite; Ilmenite; Kola peninsula; Magnetite; Perovskite; Pyrochlore; Russia; Thorutite; Zr oxides

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CALCITE; CARBONATITE; CLINOPYROXENE; OXIDE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032746660     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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