Karelianite and vanadian phlogopite from the Merelani Hills gem zoisite deposits, Tanzania

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1183-1194

  Giuliani, Gaston ^a   Ohnenstetter, Daniel ^b   Palhol, Fabien ^b   Feneyrol, Julien ^b   Boutroy, Emilie ^b   De Boissezon, Hélène ^b   Lhomme, Thérèse ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Graphitic gneiss; Karelianite; Merelani; Mozambique Belt; Tanzania; Tanzanite; Vanadian phlogopite

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; GEMS; GRAPHITE; IRON ORES; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRANSITION METALS; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

GRAPHITIC GNEISS; KARELIANITE; MERELANI; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; TANZANIA; TANZANITE; VANADIAN PHLOGOPITE;

VANADIUM DEPOSITS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GNEISS; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; PHLOGOPITE; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; VANADIUM; ZOISITE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE BELT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 59649117613     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.5.1183     Document Type: Article

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