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Astrophyllite-group minerals from the Ilímaussaq complex, South Greenland (contribution to the mineralogy of Ilímaussaq no. 123)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

R. Macdonald ,
S. Karup-Møller  and
J. Rose-Hansen
R. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
S. Karup-Møller
Affiliation:
Environment and Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Bygning 113, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
J. Rose-Hansen
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Abstract

Electron microprobe analyses are presented for astrophyllite-group minerals from hydrothermal veins and pegmatites of the Ilimaussaq complex, South Greenland. The analyses fall mainly into two groups: (1) niobophyllites with the highest Nb/(Nb+Ti) ratios yet recorded (∼0.9), occurring only in the veins, and (2) an essentially continuous sequence from astrophyllite to niobophyllite with Nb/(Nb+Ti) up to 0.6, found in veins and pegmatites. It is highly likely that there is complete solid solution between astrophyllite and niobophyllite. More limited substitution of Mn for Fe has resulted in the formation of kupletskite in some rocks. Altered zones in certain astrophyllites and niobophyllites have compositional features similar to the type ‘hydroastrophyllite’. The astrophyllite-group minerals in the hydrothermal veins crystallized at temperatures below 400°C at 1 kbar and under high pH and low oxygen fugacity, whereas those in the pegmatites were formed from water-rich melts which were hotter (≥450°C), less basic and more oxidized.

Keywords

Astrophylliteniobophyllitekupletskite‘hydroastrophyllite’Ilímaussaq
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 1 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2007

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