 | | Report (issue) | | copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:58 Side 1 Minerals in Greenland No. 12 - February 2008 GO_12.qxp:GO-02 copy...copy.qxp 12/02/08 10:59 Side 2 Minerals in Greenland Minerals are an integrated part of the geological...history. The variation and wealth of minerals in Greenland have been significant in rendering the country...mining, and following a brief break since 1990, Greenland now seems to be entering a new phase of mineral...mines: a gold mine in South Greenland in 2005 and an olivine mine in West Greenland in 2005. From being a classical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND BULLETIN 24 • 2011 The East Greenland rifted volcanic margin C....Kent Brooks GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND DANISH MINISTRY OF CLIMATE, ENERGY AND BUILDING... Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 24 Keywords East Greenland, North Atlantic, rifted volcanic...the glacier, the 1965 Oxford University East Greenland Expedition travelled and collected from this area...topography as found throughout most of the Kangerlussuaq–Scoresby Sund inland area. Chief editor of |  | | Journal (issue) | | Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice —making...up the typical Arctic icebergs, ubiquitous in Greenland waters; photo by B. L. Nielsen. This special...(CHRISTIANSH AASIAAT (EGEDESMINDE Kangerlussuaq SISIMIUT (HOLSTEINSBORG) KANGERLUSSUAQ (S0NDRE STR0MFJORD) MANIITSOQ...AMMASSALIK (ANGMAGSSALIK) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF GREENLAND NUUK (GODTHAB) PAAMIUT (FREDERIKSHAB) ARSUK...Paleozoic and Mesozoic North Greenland platform and fold belt East Greenland Caledonian fold belt P rote |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alkaline volcanics in the Nunatak Region, Northeast Greenland: new observations and comparison with Siberian...Arktisk Station, Box 504, DK-3953, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland c Department of Geology, School of Geosciences...occur in the remote Nunatak Region of Northeast Greenland between latitudes 73845X N and 74825X N are approximately...and iron–titanium oxides. Some have discernable perovskite in the groundmass. Common mica in the groundmass...Maymechite; High-pressure melting; Mantle plume; Greenland; High-Ti lavas 1. Introduction Highly silica-undersaturated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and syenite ring dike system, in the Gardiner complex, East Greenland T. F. D. NIELSEN LITHOS Nielsen...and syenite ring dike system, in the Gardiner complex, East Greenland. Lithos 13, 181-197. Oslo. ISSN 0024-4937...0024-4937. The Tertiary Gardiner comptex in East Greenland comprises ultramafic cumulates cut by dikes...and cryptic layering with respect to melilite, perovskite and phologopite. The w-rtical variation in the...melilitolites are attributed to metasomatic processes, the Gardiner melilitol~tes are magmatic. 7". F. D. Nielsen |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | earth chemistry of perovskite group minerals from the Gardiner Complex, East Greenland LINDA S. CAMPBELL*...Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark Abstract Perovskite group minerals, general formula ABX3, from the...ultramafic alkaline Gardiner Complex, East Greenland, range from almost pure CaTiO3 (perovskite, sensu stricto)...rare earths for perovskite, loparite, apatite, melilite and diopside. Mean perovskite/ apatite partition...partition coefficients from four of the Gardiner rocks were calculated as La = 10.4, Ce = 13.8, Nd = 13.9, |  | | Report (issue) | | cm, which may be highly modified; overgrowing perovskite and massive. Twinning: Commonly as penetration...76 Nb0.19 Ta0.01 )Σ=0.96 O3 . Mineral Group: Perovskite group; TiB > 0.5. Occurrence: A primary phase...syenite massifs and alkalic pegmatites; replacing perovskite in carbonatites. Association: Nepheline, microcline...aegirine, rare-earth-bearing apatite, arfvedsonite, perovskite, ilmenite, eudialite–eucolite, titanite, lamprophyllite...Bjørkdalen, Norway. From the Gardiner complex, Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, eastern Greenland. On Tenerife, Canary |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1981 The Ultramafie Cumulate Series, Gardiner Complex, East Greenland Cumulates in a Shallow Level Magma...alkaline and carbonatite bearing Gardiner complex in East Greenland is divided in: 1) Contact zone of...- cpx-dunite ring and 4) in the centre of the complex ol-pyroxenites and mt-pyroxenites. The zones and...increasingly younger towards the centre of the complex. Primocrysts and intercumulus phases, which are...ARDIN ~:R .,~ COMPLEX O" ~o ~y Introduction The Tertiary alkaline Gardiner Complex at Kangerdlugssuaq |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions, Gardiner complex Received: 18 January 1996 / Accepted: 2 September 1996 Abstract Perovskite and...melilitolites of the ultramafic alkaline Gardiner complex (East Greenland) contain crystallised melt inclusions...Permanent address: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400 København, NV, Denmark Editorial...larnite-normative nephelinite or evolved melilitite. The Gardiner complex and similar melilitolite and carbonatite-bearing...main evolutionary processes are often obscured by complex field relations, extensive late-stage metasomatic |  | | Report (issue) | | Perovskite CaTiO3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic, pseudocubic...180◦ about [101], rarely 180◦ about [121], giving complex penetration twins; lamellar and sectored. Physical...01 )Σ=1.03 O3 . (3) CaTiO3 . Mineral Group: Perovskite group; CaA > 0.5; TiB > 0.5. Occurrence: An...crystals from the Gardiner complex, beyond the head of Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, Greenland. At Oka, Quebec...Buseck (1994) Twinning in meteoric and synthetic perovskite. Amer. Mineral., 79, 73–79. (4) Buttner, R.H |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NEPHELINITIC ROCKSAND CARBONATITES, GARDINER COMPLEX, TERTIARY OF EAST GREENLAND T . F . D . N I E L S E N a...n d B. B U C H A R D T Geological Survey of Greenland, DK-1350 Copenhagen (Denmark) Geological Institute...nephelinitic rocks and carbonatites, Gardiner Complex, Tertiary of east Greenland. Chem. Geol., 53: 207--217....carbonatite-bearing Gardiner Complex in the Tertiary Magmatic Province of east Greenland formed during the...rare and confined to the marginal parts of the complex. The Sr 0 of the magmatic liquids are similar to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pedersen b,d a Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...could all have originated in the Gardiner Complex in East Greenland. In stage 3, alkali basalts (layers...produced the large subaerial flood basalts in Greenland, at this time moved away from the continent and...Corresponding author. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...locations mentioned in the text. Position of Greenland at 53 Ma after Skogseid et al. (2000). (b) Sample |  | | Journal (issue) | | ... 483 by M. Germine The Gardiner Complex, a new locality in Greenland ........................485...during the 1950s. The ilmenite crystals exhibited complex forms, a metallic luster, and triangular growth...communica tion). The jarosite occurs as minute complex crystals and as yellow powder. Superficially similar...having distorted development of {111} or {111}. Complex modifications of this simple habit include development...veins. Graves Mountain rutile is morphologically complex. A selection of crystal drawings that illustrate |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1938 and 1947. Other exhibits within the building complex show the history of minting coins in Norway, mining...situFigure 3. F. Steinar Norated at the end of a fjord, which the air route drum, curator, Norwegian Mining...recovered from the Cape York region near Thule, Greenland, sits in the center on a huge steel skid. A slice...mainly concentrating on the mineral occurrences in Greenland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. Specimens of...Denmark. Figure 10. Cryolite, 4 cm, Ivigtut, Greenland; collection of the Geological Museum, Copenhagen; |  | Potter, N. J., Kamenetsky, V. S., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Kamenetsky, M. B., Goemann, K., Rodemann, T. (2020) Polymineralic inclusions in oxide minerals of the Afrikanda alkaline-ultramafic complex: Implications for the evolution of perovskite mineralisation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 175 (3) doi:10.1007/s00410-020-1654-7 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Afrikanda alkaline‑ultramafic complex: Implications for the evolution of perovskite mineralisation N. J. Potter1...exceptional accumulation of perovskite in the alkaline-ultramafic Afrikanda complex (Kola Peninsula, Russia)...inclusions hosted in perovskite and magnetite to understand the development of the perovskite-rich zones in...abundance of inclusions varies across the three perovskite textures, with numerous inclusions hosted in...equigranular perovskite, fewer inclusions in the coarse-grained interlocked perovskite and rare inclusions |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | inclusions. Silicate-salt inclusions are present in perovskite I and melilite. Thermometric experiments conducted...Carbonate salt globules in some inclusions from perovskite II at 1,190–1,200C separated into immiscible...alkali-ultrabasic magma. The separated carbonate melt had a complex alkaline composition. Under unstable conditions...course of multiphase liquid immiscibility the complex initial carbonate melt decomposes into immiscible...carbonatites contain to 3–5% magnetite and less than 1% perovskite and phlogopite. Femic minerals are segregated |  | Potter, Naomi J., Ferguson, Matthew R. M., Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Chakhmouradian, Anton R., Sharygin, Victor V., Thompson, Jay M., Goemann, Karsten (2018) Textural evolution of perovskite in the Afrikanda alkaline–ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 173 (12) doi:10.1007/s00410-018-1531-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Textural evolution of perovskite in the Afrikanda alkaline–ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia...Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018 Abstract Perovskite is a common accessory mineral in a variety of...and ultramafic rocks, but perovskite deposits are rare and studies of perovskite ore deposits are correspondingly...correspondingly scarce. Perovskite is a key rock-forming mineral and reaches exceptionally high concentrations...alkaline–ultramafic complex (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia). Across these lithologies, we classify perovskite into three |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 35, Moscow, 119017 Russia Abstract Magnetite, perovskite and apatite zoning was investigated in sequential...northwestern Siberian Platform), and in the Turiy Cape complex (Kola Peninsula), all in Russia. Carbonatites in...volcanos by Peterson (1989) and in the Gardiner complex in Greenland by Nielsen (1994). As was previously...in melilite and perovskite of the olivinefree (i.e., significantly evolved) Gardiner melilitolite (Nielsen...dunite–peridotites and ore-bearing pyroxenites (in the Guli complex), or olivinites (e.g., in the Kugda and Odikhincha |  | Melluso, L., Srivastava, R. K., Guarino, V., Zanetti, A., Sinha, A. K. (2010) MINERAL COMPOSITIONS AND PETROGENETIC EVOLUTION OF THE ULTRAMAFIC-ALKALINE - CARBONATITIC COMPLEX OF SUNG VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN INDIA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (1) 205-229 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.1.205 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EVOLUTION OF THE ULTRAMAFIC-ALKALINE – CARBONATITIC COMPLEX OF SUNG VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN INDIA Leone MELLUSO§...005, India Abstract The Sung Valley alkaline complex is a relatively small intrusion of Lower Cretaceous...syenites). The parageneses indicate that this complex was formed by batches of primitive magmas with...(phonotephritic, tephriphonolitic) magmas. The sequence perovskite–titanite and titanite–garnet noted in some ijolitic...elements, garnet, titanite, perovskite, clinopyroxene, Sung Valley complex, India. Sommaire Le complexe |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | AMPHIBOLE – CLINOPYROXENE ROCK FROM THE AFRIKANDA COMPLEX, KOLA PENINSULA, RUSSIA: MINERALOGY AND A POSSIBLE...clinopyroxene rocks and carbonatites from the Afrikanda complex, in the Kola Peninsula, Russia, contain a number...magnesiohastingsite – diopside rock, (2) segregations of perovskite and titanite, and (3) calcite carbonatite. Cathodoluminescence...Cathodoluminescence studies document a complex evolutionary history of primary Sr-enriched calcite (0...nyerereite (inclusions in magnetite) to shortite (in perovskite) signifies evolution of the carbonatite system |  | Guzmics, Tibor, Mitchell, Roger H., Szabó, Csaba, Berkesi, Márta, Milke, Ralf, Ratter, Kitti (2012) Liquid immiscibility between silicate, carbonate and sulfide melts in melt inclusions hosted in co-precipitated minerals from Kerimasi volcano (Tanzania): evolution of carbonated nephelinitic magma. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 164 (1) 101-122 doi:10.1007/s00410-012-0728-6 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | melt inclusions, entrapped in coprecipitated perovskite, nepheline and magnetite in a clinopyroxene-...magma. The distribution of major elements between perovskite-hosted coexisting immiscible silicate and carbonate...coprecipitated nepheline, perovskite and magnetite from a clinopyroxene–nepheline–perovskite–magnetite–melilite...in coexisting silicate and carbonate melts in perovskite-hosted melt inclusions to explain the dominance...lm). Lesser amounts of subhedral-to-euhedral perovskite (100–600 lm), anhedral magnetite (100–300 lm) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Alkaline-carbonatite, silicate volcanic complex, Gardar rift, South Greenland, age and petrogenesis, 499 Allanite...eudialyte from the North Qbroq centre, South Greenland, 99 Alteration/weathering, of ilmenite from the...graphite-bearing dacites from the Erlend volcanic complex, Faeroe-Shetland Basin, North Atlantic, 175 Anatexis... xenoliths from a tholeiitic subvolcanic sill complex: implications for fractional crystallization and...A~rror~,n, P., 423 Apatite, from the Gardiner Complex, East Greenland - - rare earth chemistry, 197 Aplite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | richterite, aegirine, chlorite, K-feldspar, quartz Nb-perovskite (Nb), dysanalyte-I (Nb, TRCe), calzirtite (Zr...Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Gardiner, Greenland Melteigite Melilitolite Calcite carbonatite...calcite. This corresponds to relations between perovskite and pyrochlore in natural carbonatites, particularly...particularly, in the carbonatites of the Oka complex. Phase relations on the section calcite – portlandite...calcite carbonatite, Oka complex; (b) pyrochlore, calcite carbonatite, Ozernyi complex; (c) baddeleyite, phoscorite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the northern complex may be related to nearby melilitolites, but the central complex carbonatites and...containing a variety of rock types. A central complex (28 km2) is surrounded by satellite complexes to...south (13 km2), east (10 km2), and the Kuznavalok complex to the west (1.3 km2). The latter contains the...convecting and crystallizing magma body. The northern complex represents a suite of small, scattered bodies,...classification of Dunworth and Bell (1998). Thus, the Turiy complex includes pyroxenites, melteigite-ijoliteurtites |  | Kolb, Jochen, Keiding, Jakob K., Steenfelt, Agnete, Secher, Karsten, Keulen, Nynke, Rosa, Diogo, Stensgaard, Bo M. (2016) Metallogeny of Greenland. Ore Geology Reviews, 78. 493-555 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.03.006 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metallogeny of Greenland Jochen Kolb, Jakob K. Keiding, Agnete Steenfelt, Karsten Secher...Rosa, Diogo, Stensgaard, Bo M., Metallogeny of Greenland, Ore Geology Reviews (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev...pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Metallogeny of Greenland JOCHEN KOLB1, JAKOB K. KEIDING1,2, AGNETE STEENFELT1...Economic Geology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...TE D MA Corresponding author: jkol@geus.dk Greenland is the largest island on Earth, with 80% of its |
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