1800060 METACARBONATE-HOSTED SPINEL ON BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA: INSIGHTS INTO THE ORIGIN OF GEM SPINEL...Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 ABSTRACT Samples from 14 spinel occurrences in the Lake Harbour Group (LHG)...(LHG), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, were studied using a combination of petrography, whole rock geochemistry...not of gem quality. Two spinel occurrences near Kimmirut contain vivid blue, cobalt-enriched (0.03–0.07...phlogopite, pargasite, diopside, humite, forsterite, scapolite, anorthite, graphite, and pyrrhotite. The spinel |
Beluga sapphire property, Kimmirut, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada