Solid solution between potassic-obertiite and potassic-fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite in a silica-rich lamproite from northeastern Mozambique

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1011-1018

  Robinson, Peter ^a   Solli, Arne ^a   Engvik, Ane ^a   Erambert, Muriel ^b   Bingen, Bernard ^a   Schiellerup, Henrik ^a   Njange, Fernando ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Geological Survey of Mozambique   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brown to blue zoned amphibole; High silica lamproite; Mozambique; Potassic obertiite; Potassic fluoro magnesio arfvedsonite

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; TEXTURES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCON; ZONING;

BROWN TO BLUE ZONED AMPHIBOLE; HIGH SILICAS; MOZAMBIQUE; POTASSIC OBERTIITE; POTASSIC-FLUORO-MAGNESIO-ARFVEDSONITE;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

AMPHIBOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; LAMPROITE; MINERALIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POTASSIC ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONING;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58149293975     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1874     Document Type: Article

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