 | Grew, Edward S., Armbruster, Thomas, Medenbach, Olaf, Yates, Martin G., Carson, Christopher J. (2007) Chopinite, [(Mg,Fe)3◻(PO4)2, a new mineral isostructural with sarcopside, from a fluorapatite segregation in granulite-facies paragneiss, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19 (2) 229-245 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1712 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granulite-facies paragneiss, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica EDWARD S. GREW1,*, THOMAS ARMBRUSTER2...quartz mass in a paragneiss from Brattnevet, Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica. Grains are mostly anhedral...wagnerite-Ma5bc, xenotime-(Y), stornesite-(Y), P-bearing K-feldspar and plagioclase, Ti-rich biotite, sillimanite... Key-words: phosphate, new mineral, Antarctica, Larsemann Hills, electron microprobe, crystal structure...76° 15.057’ E on Brattnevet Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. The mineral and name |  | Grew, Edward S., Armbruster, Thomas, Medenbach, Olaf, Yates, Martin G., Carson, Christopher J. (2006) Stornesite-(Y), (Y, Ca) 2Na6(Ca,Na)8(Mg,Fe)43(PO4)36, the first terrestrial Mg-dominant member of the fillowite group, from granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 91 (8) 1412-1424 doi:10.2138/am.2006.2219 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | granulite-facies paragneiss in the Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica EDWARD S. GREW,1,* THOMAS ARMBRUSTER...Fjord, Stornes Peninsula (whence the name) and in a third from Brattnevet, Larsemann Hills. Associated minerals...wagnerite, xenotime-(Y), monazite-(Ce), P-bearing K-feldspar, biotite, sillimanite, quartz, and pyrite; it...ßuorapatite. Keywords: Phosphate, new mineral, Antarctica, Larsemann Hills, electron microprobe, crystal structure...locality, Stornes Peninsula, the westernmost major exposure in the Larsemann Hills, and for the dominance |
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