Indium mineralisation in A-type granites in southeastern Finland: Insights into mineralogy and partitioning between coexisting minerals

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 62-73

  Cook, N J ^a,b   Sundblad, K ^c   Valkama, M ^c   Nygard R ^d   Ciobanu, C L ^a,b   Danyushevsky, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Ödemarksvägen 107 ^*  (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Element partitioning; Finland; Indium; Roquesite; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE GRANITE; CO-EXISTING; COEXISTING MINERALS; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; EXPLORATION TARGETS; EXSOLUTION; FINLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; M-SCALE; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MINERALISATION; POLYMETALLIC; QUARTZ VEIN; ROQUESITE; SPHALERITE; SULPHIDE ORES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDIUM; IRON ORES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; QUARTZ; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; TIN; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

A-TYPE ROCK; ARSENIC; BATHOLITH; COPPER; EXSOLUTION; GRANITE; GREISEN; INDIUM; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PARTITIONING; SILVER; SPHALERITE; TIN; ZINC;

FINLAND;

EID: 79954574465     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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