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⇱ Chromite from Tunraq kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada


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Chromite from
Tunraq kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada

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Locality type:Pipe
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tunraq kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:740484
Long-form Identifier:1:3:740484:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
30.3km (18.8 miles) Jos kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
70.7km (43.9 miles) Peuyuk kimberlite, Somerset Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from kimberlites in southern Africa and Somerset Island, Canada Fu-Yuan Wu a,⁎, Yue-Heng Yang a, Roger...Geology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1 a r t i c l e i n f o Article history:...U–Pb ages Nd isotopes Perovskite Kimberlite Southern Africa Canada a b s t r a c t Determination of...emplacement ages and initial isotopic composition of kimberlite by conventional isotopic methods using bulk rock...twelve samples from 7 kimberlites from Somerset Island, Canada have been selected for in situ perovskite
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minerals in six carbonate-kimberlites: Peuyuk, Tunraq, Wesselton, Liqhobong, De Beers, and Benfontein...crystallization appears to be typical of carbonate-rich kimberlite magmas, and is texturally related to the two...spinels span a large range in composition from Mg-Al-chromite to Mg-Al-titanomagnetite, with an intermediate...pre-fluidization to post-fluidization stages of kimberlite emplacement (Haggerty, 1973; Mitchell & Clarke...residuum with progressive crystallization of kimberlite magma is typical and probably more common than
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1093/petrology/egn034 Crystallization of Groundmass Spinel in Kimberlite P. L. ROEDER1* AND D. J. SCHULZE2 1 DEPARTMENT...QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO K7L 3N6, CANADA 2 DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO...MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L5L 1C6, CANADA Groundmass spinel grains in 46 kimberlite and related rocks have been...spinel analyses are classified as high-chromium chromite (Chr) and magnesioulvo« spinel^magnetite (Mum)...phase that crystallized as small octahedra from kimberlite magma on the journey from the upper mantle to
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositiontoward MgFe2Ooand FerOo,and a titanian aluminous chromite that belongsto the FeCrroo-MgCrron-FeAlroo-MgAlroo...The physical and chemical changesundergoneby kimberlite magma during its eruption and crystallization...can be gained by study of groundmassminerals in kimberlite and of late-stagereactionsbetween kimberlitic...kimberlitic minerals and the residualfluids of kimberlite magma.Boyd and Clement (1977)describedmetasomatic zoning...zoning trend" toward enrichment in MgTiO, and a "kimberlite reaction trend" toward enrichmentin FeTiO, and
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What is a Kimberlite? Petrology and Mineralogy of Hypabyssal Kimberlites Roger H. Mitchell1, Andrea Giuliani2...analyses. Melt inclusion studies have shown that kimberlite melts contain higher alkali concentrations than...(magmatic and/or crustal), the composition of primary kimberlite melts remains unknown. intrusive bodies of holocrystalline...coherent rock (Fig. 1A) occur at different depths in kimberlite pipes (see Fig. 4 in Giuliani and Pearson 2019...ic k imberlites” (K PK; formerly “tuffisitic kimberlite”; named after a classic locality in South Africa)
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evolution:phlogopitesand oxidesfrom the Fayette County kimberlite, Pennsylvania Rosenr H. HuNren.r ReNoeL D. KIssI-tNG...Spinelsshow zonation (CMAT) from titanian Mg-Al-chromite(TMAC) throughchromianMg-Al-titanomagnetite (MAT)...fugacitesof 02, 52, and CO2. Introduction Typically, kimberlite consistsof megacrysts,and their inclusions,and...velocity zone (LVZ) related to the genesisof kimberlite and its early stages of evolution. In this regard...02-0030$02. 00 30 in the mid- to late-stagesof kimberlite evolution' Since the evolution of a melt is usually
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Book
Mitchell Lakehead University Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC Library...petrology. Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Kimberlite. I. Title. QE462.K5M58 1986 552' .3 ISBN 978-1-4899-0570-3...critique of the advances which have been made in kimberlite studies over the last twenty-five years. Kimberlites...in this book will serve to stimulate further kimberlite studies. Some of the hypotheses discussed will...University and for his help in the continuance of my kimberlite research. This book would not have been possible
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Petrology 9 Springer-Verlag 1984 The alleged kimberlite-carbonatite relationship: evidence from ilmenite...composition, have been used to refute the "alleged kimberlite-carbonatite relationship". New microprobe analyses...kimberlites. The ilmenites are distinguished from kimberlite ilmenites by higher MnO, FeTiO 3, and Nb2Os,...negligible Cr20 3. The spinels are distinguished from kimberlite spinels by their AI203 and Cr203 contents. There...carbonaterich dikes of igneous origin cut the kimberlite of the Premier Mine, South Africa. Dawson (1980)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diamonds (e.g. Prider 1960, Jaques et aI1982). Kimberlite provinces consistently possess the following...Figure 1 Very generalized representation of kimberlite localities. Shaded regions are cratons ;C 1500...m.y. old. Open symbols represent individual kimberlite bodies; closed symbols show provinces. Diamond...(c) epeirogenic f1exuring directly preceding kimberlite intrusion, as in South Africa and Siberia (Dawson...(Dawson 1980). Structural analysis of kimberlite terranes through field mapping, geo- , physical exploration
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Departmentof Geology Universityof WesternOntario London, Canada,N6A 587 Abstract The ultrapotassicrocks of the...Spain; the West Kimberley region, Western Australia; the Toro-Ankole region, southwest Uganda; and Gaussberg...have been derived from an ultramafic mantle. The chromite inclusions in such olivines (Table l) would thereforealso...after, the phlogopite early crystallization of chromite from the orendite (Table l), suggestingthat prior...prior to phlogopite crystal- liquids. Chromite is rimmed by phlogopite in the lization the liquid may
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Book (volume)
AmericanGeophysicalUnion Washington,D.C. 20009 1979 Kimberlite Conference Preface Since the first edition...was published in 1979, the Third International Kimberlite Conference was held in Clermont-Ferrand in 1982...concerning rocks now misleadingly referred to as Kimberlite will be removea. Diamonds received attention...still there persists the belief that diamonds an• kimberlite are genetically related. And this in spite of...one can separate out the essential minerals of kimberlite. This comment is pertinent to isotopic studies
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral chemistry and crystallization sequences in kimberlite and lamproite dikes from the Sisimiut area, central...C.P. 6128, succ. "A "', Montrkal, P.Q. H3C 3J7 (Canada LITHOS Thy, P., Stecher, O. and Korstg~rd, J...Mineral chemistry and crystallization sequences in kimberlite and lamproite dikes from the Sisimiut area, central...macrocrysts are believed to be cognate. The primary kimberlite and lamproite magmas originated in the mantle...phlogopite points to a relatively low as,o.~ in the kimberlite magmas. Higher as,o.~ appears to have prevailed
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Report (issue)
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Geologic map of Williams kimberlite diatremes Magnetic map of Williams 1, 2 and 3...was occurring just prior to incorporation in kimberlite and that ascent was rapid enough (40-70 km/hr)...recrystallization before or during inclusion in kimberlite is suggested by larger (up to 3mm) euhedral olivines...pressure and temperature prior to inclusion in the kimberlite, followed by metasomatic introduction of phlogopite...variations of peridotites seem most compatible with kimberlite generation and ascent during dynamic diapiric
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
also provoked debate. Fresh, hypabyssal-facies kimberlite from S. W. Pennsylvannia contains a well-preservedmegacrystand...general characteristicsof the Fayette County kimberlite are describedin a companionpaper(Hunter et al...occur as a megacryst/phenocryst phasein this kimberlite but rather as inclusions in olivine and garnet...shadedareasare the rangesof compositionsin the sloan-Nix kimberlite pipes in colorado and wyoming (Eggler er al....kelyphite rims, and in the groundmass of this kimberlite, which themselves show systematic chemical variability
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Book
Mitchell Lakehead University Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC Library...kimberlites and reviews some of the advances in kimberlite petrology since 1986. The work is a critical...although current hypotheses for the genesis of kimberlite and orangeite are critically reviewed. These...Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Lakehead University, and De Beers Consolidated...8.1. Finsch . . . . . . . . 1.8.2. Barkly West Region. 1.8.2.1. Bellsbank. 1.8.2.2. Sover . . . 1.8.2
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks include group-I ‘‘basaltic’’, and group-II kimberlite ‘‘orangeites, micaceous lamprophyric’’, and olivine...prepared crushed rocks in commercial laboratories in Canada (2 samples, 3 kg each) and in Australia (2 bulk...Activation Laboratories Ltd., Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. Several standards were used to check accuracy...(after Belousova et al. 2002) C carbonatite, K kimberlite a Data below EMP detection level Fig. 3 a Field...different rock varieties. Spinel is mostly composed of chromite–spinel solid solutions with up to 5 wt% TiO2,
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ABSTRACTS contributed to THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE Bishop's Lodge, Santa Fe, October...■•A- V\ f I ' , A. DIAMONDIFEROUS SOUTHERN KIMBERLITE OF THE WAJRAKHARUR AREA, INDIA. Jagannadham...known in India from antiquity the presence of kimberlite has been the subject of much specu¬ lation and...were described, but were discounted as being kimberlite (Foote, 1889; Lake, 1890). Subsequently...and Mehr, 1953) but generally con¬ sidered that kimberlite was not present. However, in 1963 Rao and Phadtre
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Thesis/Dissertation
Slave volcaniclastic province, NWT, are kimberlite breccias. diatreme-facies Major-element Lake...and megacrystic ilmenite distinguish the Eddie kimberlite pipe from the Torrie and Sputnik pipes. Large...melts, also reflects heterogeneity in their source region that resulted from partial melting of refertilized...refertilized peridotite. The Torrie and Sputnik kimberlite pipes have diamond indicator minerals consistent ...Tanqueray Resources for giving me access to the kimberlite samples. Finally, | would like to thank my fellow
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