| | 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 (issue) | Narssarssuk, Greenland. Photo by R. Bode. TITLE PAGE: The most common mineral in Greenland: ice āmaking...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) | 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 | | | Book | MINERAL SPECIES FffiST DESCRIBED fron1 GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen Also in this series... MINE. RAL ....... SPECIES FIRST DESCRIBED froin GREENLAND Ole V. Petersen & Ole Johnsen The Canadian Mineralogist...organizations: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland Geologisk Museums St0ttefond (Geological Museum's...document on the minerals first discovered in Greenland. After all, as they point out in the first sentence...Introduction, a mere 26 kilometers separates Greenland from Canada along Nares Strait; we are neighbors | | | 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...magnetite-phlogopite-diopside-catciteimgmu0tes and dolomite rocks. It is proposed that a CO2-bearing Ln-normadve...melilitolites are attributed to metasomatic processes, the Gardiner melilitol~tes are magmatic. 7". F. D. Nielsen | | 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, Ćster 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 | | | 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 (issue) | ... 483 by M. Germine The Gardiner Complex, a new locality in Greenland ........................485...COVER: GALENA, 5 x 5.3 x 6 cm, on matrix with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington...during the 1950s. The ilmenite crystals exhibited complex forms, a metallic luster, and triangular growth...communicaĀ 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | apatite-I, Ti-magnetite, pyrrhotite-I Mg-calcite Ā± dolomite, clinopyroxene-II (diopside, aegirine ā diopside)...Mg-magnetite, pyrrhotite-II, chalcopyrite Calcite, dolomite (Fe-dolomite), phlogopite ā tetraferriphlogopite, tremolite...ilmenite, sphene, pyrrhotite-III, pyrite Dolomite (Fe-dolomite), ankerite, siderite, magnesite, rhodochrosite...Guli, Polar Siberia, Russia Calcite carbonatite Dolomite carbonatite 0.7040 0.7046 Landa et al., 1984...Calcite carbonatite Calcite carbonatite Gardiner, Greenland Melteigite Melilitolite Calcite carbonatite | | Verhulst, A, Balaganskaya, E, Kirnarsky, Y, Demaiffe, D (2000) Petrological and geochemical (trace elements and SrāNd isotopes) characteristics of the Paleozoic Kovdor ultramafic, alkaline and carbonatite intrusion (Kola Peninsula, NW Russia) Lithos, 51 (1) 1-25 doi:10.1016/s0024-4937(99)00072-9 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | show disequilibrium textures Žcore resorption and complex zoning of the clinopyroxenes. suggesting either...closed system magmatic evolution; it suggests a complex evolution implying several magma batches derived...1987a., S. Brazil ŽMorbidelli et al., 1995., Greenland ŽNielsen, 1980; Larsen and Rex, 1992., E. Canadian...syenites. This paper focuses on the Kovdor massif, a complex intrusion belonging to the Paleozoic Kola alkaline...Devonian. The Kovdor massif ŽFig. 1b. Ž40 km2 . is a complex, multiphase, concentric intrusion ŽKukharenko et | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | AMPHIBOLE ā 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...carbonatite. Cathodoluminescence studies document a complex evolutionary history of primary Sr-enriched calcite...(forsterite + apatite + magnetite + calcite or dolomite) and various silicateācarbonate (Ā± quartz) rocks...clinopyroxene rocks of the Afrikanda ultramaficāalkaline complex in the Kola Alkaline Province, northwestern Russia | | | 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,...classiļ¬cation of Dunworth and Bell (1998). Thus, the Turiy complex includes pyroxenites, melteigite-ijoliteurtites | | 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 ā CARBONATITIC COMPLEX OF SUNG VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN INDIA Leone MELLUSOĀ§...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...titanite, perovskite, clinopyroxene, Sung Valley complex, India. Sommaire Le complexe alcalin de Sung Valley...The Sung Valley ultramafic-alkalineācarbonatite complex (UACC) is one of the Cretaceous intrusions emplaced | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Nielsen (&) Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen NV, 2400, Denmark E-mail: tfn@geus...the presence of a silicate-dominated subvolcanic complex and primary mantle-derived melt similar to carbonated...Kjarsgaard 1995). The xenoliths from the subvolcanic complex are dominated by clinopyroxene and nepheline and...in crystallized melt inclusions in the Kovdor complex (northwestern Russia, Veksler et al. 1998a), where...uninterrupted trend of silicate, calcite, and dolomite fractional crystallization towards liquid compositions | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | wide range of compositions from calcite- through dolomiteāankerite- to siderite- and norsethite-rich varieties...compositions, allant de roches Ć dominance de calcite, dolomiteā ankerite, sidĆ©rite ou de norsethite. Des carbonates...the Haast River area is underlain by a plutonic complex or magma chambers at depth in which fractionation...of carbonatites at Haast River is diverse and complex. Brown weathering varieties are dominated by ankerite...whitish varieties contain combinations of calcite, dolomite, norsethite (Cooper 1971), strontianite, daqingshanite(Ce) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | applied to a complex of related carbonate and silicate rocks in a magmatic or extrusive complex. Primary...calcite carbonatite such as are found at the Fen complex. In fact, the genetic questions highlighted by...carbonate mineral, e.g., calcite carbonatite, dolomite carbonatite, etc. (Woolley & Kempe 1989). The...can embrace a spectrum from plutonic calcite- or dolomite-rich rocks, to calcite veins formed by hydrothermal...centimeter-to-decimeter scale. For example, at the Fen complex (BrĆøgger 1921, Andersen 1988), there is a spectrum | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 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...rocks. These inclusions had a complex mineral composition and a complex phase transformation on heating...Carbonate and carbonate-salt inclusions were less complex and more abundant than silicate-salt inclusions...perovskite of melilitolites from the Gardiner complex in Greenland (Nielsen et al. 1997). It is also similar | | Goodenough, K.M., Schilling, J., Jonsson, E., Kalvig, P., Charles, N., Tuduri, J., Deady, E.A., Sadeghi, M., Schiellerup, H., MĆ¼ller, A., Bertrand, G., Arvanitidis, N., Eliopoulos, D.G., Shaw, R.A., Thrane, K., Keulen, N. (2016) Europe's rare earth element resource potential: An overview of REE metallogenetic provinces and their geodynamic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 72. 838-856 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.09.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Uppsala, Sweden e Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Ćster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark...of Precambrian to Palaeozoic age and occur in Greenland and the Fennoscandian Shield. Of particular importance...their REE potential are the Gardar Province of SW Greenland, the Svecofennian Belt and subsequent Mesoproterozoic...European REE ores. Such raw material processing is complex, comprising a beneļ¬ciation step to concentrate...candidate countries, plus Norway, Switzerland, and Greenland. Russia and Ukraine are not included in this work | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and strontium isotope study of the carbonatitic dolomite host of the Bayan Obo Fe-Nb-REE deposit, Inner...deposit at Bayan Obo is hosted by a dolomite marble within the thrust complex of marbles, quartzites and slates...Bayan Obo Formation of mid-Proterozoic age. The dolomite is either a dolomitized sedimentary limestone...mineralized and tectonically thrust and folded, or a dolomite (or dolomitized) carbonatite intrusion with late-stage...coarser grained facies of the large (0.5 ā¢ 10 kin) dolomite marble which hosts the REE ore body has ~50 per | | | Book | Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Europe: Ilimaussaq, Greenland; Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden. Tellurium...Stillwater complex, Montana. Latin America: near Papayan, Cauca, Colombia. Africa: Bushveld complex, South...to be an impure ore of silver. Disko Island, Greenland; Barrowdale, Cumbria, England; Passau, Bavaria...octahedral, dodecahedral, cubic or even more complex; massive and fine- Formula C Specific Gravity...Crystals tetrahedral or dodecahedral, typically complex and distorted, with curved and conical faces common; | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | geological work at the Alnƶ Island alkaline-carbonatite complex in 1889. The history of carbonatite research up...(fenitisationtype metasomatism), and alkaline-carbonatite complex morphology to the exploration geologist, (iii)...carbonatite is referred to as a ācalcite carbonatiteā, ādolomite carbonatiteā (Figure 1), or āferrocarbonatiteā...example, a ācalcite-dolomite carbonatiteā is composed predominately of dolomite. If nonessential minerals...Upper Fir dolomite carbonatite, British Columbia, Canada; slightly weathered surface; dolomite-brown, Naamphibole | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Pb isotope geochemistry of the Fen carbonatite complex, S.E. Norway: Age and petrogenetic implications...carbonatites and associated silicate rocks from the Fen complex, southeast Norway, define a whole-rock Pb/Pb isochron...carbonatites and associated rocks from the Fen complex, S.E. Norway, are presented. The purpose of the...comparatively young (early Phanerozoic) carbonatite complex. INTRODUCIāION SR AND ND ISOTOPIC DATA suggest...but those known to GEOLOGICAL SETTING The Fen complex (Fig. 1) is situated in Telemark, S.E. Norway, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of intrusive carbonatites: widespread calciteādolomite and rare alkali-sulfate, alkali-phosphate, and...and identification as carbonatites of calcite, dolomite, and ankerite rocks strongly 448 LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY...ā 0.17 0.00 0.38 0.39 0.07 0.48 1.30 Gardiner complex ā 0.84 ā ā 2.01 ā Pian di Celle Volcano 1...inclusions were observed in garnet (andradite) from dolomite carbonatites (our unpublished data), perovskite...carbonatites [5]. In the Gardiner alkaline ultramafic complex (East Greenland), cogenetic carbonate and | | | Report (volume) | Mid-Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in southern Greenland: the Gardar province 449 LARSEN, L. M. & SORENSEN...T. F. D. Tertiary alkaline magmatism in East Greenland: a review 489 DOWNES, H. Tertiary and Quaternary...alkaline provinces, such as East Africa, southern Greenland and the Kola Peninsula, are included together...(1983) for the Tupertalik carbonatite in western Greenland. At the present time, alkaline magmas are erupted...The Proterozoic Gardar province in SouthWest Greenland is probably the best studied of these and is reviewed | | Amores-Casals, , Melgarejo, , Bambi, , GonƧalves, , Morais, , Manuel, , Neto, , Costanzo, , Molist, (2019) Lamprophyre-Carbonatite Magma Mingling and Subsolidus Processes as Key Controls on Critical Element Concentration in CarbonatitesāThe Bonga Complex (Angola) Minerals, 9 (10) 601 doi:10.3390/min9100601 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Element Concentration in CarbonatitesāThe Bonga Complex (Angola) Sandra Amores-Casals 1,2, *, Joan-Carles...2019 Abstract: The Bonga complex is composed of a central carbonatite plug (with...mesostase. To reconstruct the dynamics of the complex, the pyrochlore composition and distribution have...proxy of magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the complex. An early Na-, F-rich pyrochlore is disseminated...carbonatite evolution [66,67,69,71]. The Bonga complex is one of the largest carbonatitic outcrops in |
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