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Mitchell, Roger H. (1997) Carbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 779-789 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.03

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TitleCarbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsMitchell, Roger H.Author
Year1997 (December)Volume61
Issue409
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_61/61-409-779.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.03Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceMitchell, Roger H. (1997) Carbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 779-789 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.03
Plain TextMitchell, Roger H. (1997) Carbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 779-789 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.03
In(1997, December) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 61 (409) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractPorphyritic natrocarbonatite lavas erupted from the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania) on 17 October 1995 and 15–19 December 1995 differ from previously studied lavas in that they preserve textures indicative of groundmass carbonate-carbonate immiscibility. The immiscible fractions are considered to involve: a Na-K-Ca-CO2-Cl-rich, F-bearing fluid crystallizing gregoryite, sodian sylvite, potassium neighborite as well as a complex Ba-rich carbonate; and a Na-rich, Cl-poor carbonate liquid approximating to a nyerereite-gregoryite cotectic composition. Compositional data are given for potassium neighborite, this mineral being the first recognized occurrence of a fluorine-based perovskite group mineral in a magmatic environment. New compositional data are also given for a previously recognized potassium iron sulphide which indicate that this phase is probably a solid solution between the ternary sulphides, KFe3S4, K2Fe3S4, and KFe2S3. Textural and paragenetic data are interpreted to suggest that these recent lavas are more evolved than previously investigated Oldoinyo Lengai lavas and that natrocarbonatite is a highly evolved rather than a primitive magma.

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Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

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UM1995-02-CO:BaCaClFKMgNaSr
UM1997-44-S:FeK
Unnamed (K sulfides solid solution)

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Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania Alabandite, Apatite, Fluorite, Gregoryite, Neighborite, Nyerereite, Parascandolaite, Sellaite, Sphalerite, Sylvite, Tilleyite, UM1995-02-CO:BaCaClFKMgNaSr, UM1997-44-S:FeK, Unnamed (K sulfides solid solution)


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