The phoscorite-carbonatite complex of Vuoriyarvi, northern Karelia

2015 ◽  
pp. 163-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.I. Karchevsky ◽  
J. Moutte
Keyword(s):  
Carbonatite Complex

LITHIUM ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN THE PALABORA CARBONATITE COMPLEX: A TALE OF TWO HUMITES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Yuan ◽  
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Richard L. Hervig ◽  
Ziliang Jin ◽  
Maitrayee Bose
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Isotope ◽  
Carbonatite Complex

scholarly journals Mineralogy of Dolomite Carbonatites of Sevathur Complex, Tamil Nadu, India

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Maria Rampilova ◽  
Anna Doroshkevich ◽  
Shrinivas Viladkar ◽  
Elizaveta Zubakova
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Minor Amount ◽  
Carbonatite Complex ◽  
Accessory Minerals ◽  
Main Mass ◽  
Fault Systems ◽  
Hydrothermal Processes ◽  
Lree Enrichment ◽  
Primary Minerals

The main mass of the Sevathur carbonatite complex (Tamil Nadu, India) consists of dolomite carbonatite with a small number of ankerite carbonatite dikes. Calcite carbonatite occurs in a very minor amount as thin veins within the dolomite carbonatite. The age (207Pb/204Pb) of the Sevathur carbonatites is 801 ± 11 Ma, they are emplaced within the Precambrian granulite terrains along NE–SW trending fault systems. Minor minerals in dolomite carbonatite are fluorapatite, phlogopite (with a kinoshitalite component), amphibole and magnetite. Pyrochlore (rich in UO2), monazite-Ce, and barite are accessory minerals. Dolomite carbonatite at the Sevathur complex contains norsethite, calcioburbankite, and benstonite as inclusions in primary calcite and are interpreted as primary minerals. They are indicative of Na, Sr, Mg, Ba, and LREE enrichment in their parental carbonatitic magma. Norsethite, calcioburbankite, and benstonite have not been previously known at Sevathur. The hydrothermal processes at the Sevathur carbonatites lead to alteration of pyrochlore into hydropyrochlore, and Ba-enrichment. Also, it leads to formation of monazite-(Ce) and barite-II.

Compositional variation and genesis of pyrochlore, belkovite, and baotite from the Sevattur carbonatite complex, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-54
Author(s):  
Monojit Dey ◽  
Sourav Bhattacharjee ◽  
Aniket Chakrabarty ◽  
Roger H. Mitchell ◽  
Supriyo Pal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Compositional Variation ◽  
Carbonatite Complex

scholarly journals The Tikiusaaq carbonatite: a new Mesozoic intrusive complex in southern West Greenland

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 41-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnete Steenfelt ◽  
Julie A. Hollis ◽  
Karsten Secher
Keyword(s):  
Lithospheric Mantle ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Country Rock ◽  
Alkaline Rock ◽  
Geological Mapping ◽  
Carbonatite Complex ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Alkaline Rocks ◽  
Kimberlite Indicator Minerals ◽  
Indicator Minerals

Ultrabasic alkaline magmatic rocks are products of melts generated deep within or at the base of the lithospheric mantle. The magmas may reach the surface to form lavas and pyroclastic deposits; alternatively they crystallise at depth to form dykes or central complexes. The rocks are chemically distinct and may contain high concentrations of economically interesting minerals and chemical elements, such as diamonds, niobium, tantalum, rare earth elements, phosphorus, iron, uranium, thorium, and zirconium. Ultrabasic alkaline rocks are known from several provinces in Greenland, but extrusive facies have only been preserved at a few places; e.g. at Qassiarsuk in South Greenland where pyroclastic rocks occur, and in the Maniitsoq region, where a small volcanic breccia (‘Fossilik’) contains fragments of Palaeozoic limestone. Ultramafic lamprophyre and kimberlite are mainly emplaced as dykes, whereas carbonatite forms large intrusive bodies as well as dykes. The ultrabasic alkaline magmas that have been emplaced at certain times during the geological evolution of Greenland can be related to major episodes of continental break-up (Larsen & Rex 1992). The oldest are Archaean and the youngest dated so far are Palaeogene. Figure 1 shows the distribution of known ultrabasic alkaline rocks in West Greenland. The large and well-exposed bodies of alkaline rocks and carbonatites in the Gardar Province were discovered already in the early 1800s (Ussing 1912), while less conspicuous bodies were discovered much later during geological mapping and mineral exploration. Many alkaline rock bodies, particularly dykes, are difficult to identify in the field because they weather more extensively than the country rock gneisses and form vegetated depressions in the landscape. However, their distinct chemistry and mineralogy render alkaline rocks identifiable in geochemical and geophysical survey data. Thus, the Sarfartôq carbonatite complex was discovered during regional airborne gamma-spectrometric surveying owing to its elevated uranium and thorium contents (Secher 1986). The use of kimberlite indicator minerals has led to the discovery of alkaline rocks such as kimberlites and ultramafic lamprophyres that carry fragments of deep lithospheric mantle. Such rocks may also contain diamonds. Kimberlite indicator minerals are high-pressure varieties of minerals, such as garnet, clinopyroxene, chromite and ilmenite that were formed in the lithospheric mantle. Exploration companies have processed thousands of till samples from southern West Greenland for kimberlite indicator minerals and found many new dykes.

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