Melilite-bearing and melilite-free rock series in carbonatite complexes: Derivatives from separate primitive melts

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 951-969

  Rass, Irene T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alkaline ultramafic complexes; Carbonatites; Coexisting minerals; Fractionation of primitive magmas; Kimberlite; Meimechite; Melilite bearing series; Russia; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); IRON ORES; LAND USE; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NIOBIUM; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZONING;

ALKALINE-ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES; CARBONATITES; COEXISTING MINERALS; KIMBERLITE; MEIMECHITE; MELILITE-BEARING SERIES; RUSSIA;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL);

CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; KIMBERLITE; MAGMA; MELILITE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEROVSKITE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZONING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 56649085002     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.951     Document Type: Article

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