Mineralogy of the snap lake kimberlite, Northwest Territories, Canada, and compositions of phlogopite as records of its crystallization

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 549-570

  Kopylova, Maya G ^a   Mogg, Trevor ^a   Smith, Barbara Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Scott Smith Petrology Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barian phlogopite; Canada; Carbonatite; Geochemistry; Kimberlite; Mineralogy; Northwest Territories; Phlogopite; Snap Lake

Indexed keywords

BARIAN PHLOGOPITE; CANADA; CARBONATITES; KIMBERLITE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; PHLOGOPITE; SNAP LAKE;

APATITE; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ILMENITE; LAKES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

MICA;

BRECCIA; CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; DOLOMITE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; HYPABYSSAL ROCK; KIMBERLITE; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; PHLOGOPITE; SERPENTINE;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SNAP LAKE;

EID: 77956481302     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.3.549     Document Type: Article

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