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Representation of compositions in complex titanian spinels and application to the De Beers kimberlite
Jill Dill Pasteris
Representation of compositions in complex titanian spinels and application to the De Beers kimberlite
American Mineralogist (April 1982) 67 (3-4): 244-250
Representation of compositions in complex titanian spinels and application to the De Beers kimberlite
American Mineralogist (April 1982) 67 (3-4): 244-250
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Cape Province region
- Cape Province South Africa
- chemical composition
- crystal chemistry
- crystal structure
- igneous rocks
- Kimberley South Africa
- kimberlite
- metals
- mineral data
- mineralogy
- minerals
- Northern Cape Province South Africa
- oxides
- South Africa
- Southern Africa
- spinel
- titanium
- ultramafic composition
- De Beers Mine
- titanian spinel
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The kimberlitic spinels tend to be high in Ti which is not used in the usual prism plot, and this can be misleading. A two- parameter plot of Cr vs Fe (super 2+) has been used successfully to distinguish the suites of spinels from several kimberlite intrusions.
ISSN: 0003-004X
EISSN: 1945-3027
Coden: AMMIAY
Serial Title: American Mineralogist
Serial Volume: 67
Serial Issue: 3-4
Title: Representation of compositions in complex titanian spinels and application to the De Beers kimberlite
Author(s): Pasteris, Jill Dill
Affiliation: Wash. Univ., Dep. Earth and Planet. Sci.,
St. Louis, MO,
United States
Pages: 244-250
Published: 198204
Text Language: English
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America,
Washington, DC,
United States
References: 24
Accession Number: 1982-058412
Categories: Mineralogy of non-silicates
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 2 tables
S28°00'00" - S27°30'00", E24°00'00" - E25°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United KingdomTwickenhamUKUnited Kingdom
Update Code: 1982
