Low-T formation of high-Cr spinel with apparently primary chemical characteristics within podiform chromitite from Rayat, northeastern Iraq

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-508

  Arai, S ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Ismail, S A ^b   Ahmed, A H ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SALAHADDIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^c HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alteration; Chromitite; Cr rich spinel; Iraq; Rayat

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

ALTERATION; CHLORITE; CHROMITITE;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHROMITITE; HARZBURGITE; MANTLE SOURCE; OPHIOLITE; PROVENANCE; SPINEL; THERMAL ALTERATION;

ARBIL; ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; RAYAT;

EID: 33846946503     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461067050353     Document Type: Article

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