Experimental studies of the system Na2Ca(CO3)2 - NaCl - KCl at 0.1 GPa: Implications for the differentiation and low-temperature crystallization of natrocarbonatite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 971-980

  Mitchell, Roger H ^a   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcite; Halite; Immiscibility; Natrocarbonatite; Nyerereite; Oldoinyo Lengai; Sylvite; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FORMING; LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; PIERCING; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HALITE; IMMISCIBILITY; NATROCARBONATITE; NYEREREITE; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SYLVITE; TANZANIA;

SODIUM;

CALCITE; CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CUMULATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HALITE; IMMISCIBILITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; SYLVITE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 56649102097     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.4.971     Document Type: Article

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