Major- and trace-element composition of olivine, perovskite, clinopyroxene, Cr-Fe-Ti oxides, phlogopite and host kamafugites and kimberlites, Alto Paranaiba, Brazil


Autoria(s): MELLUSO, Leone; LUSTRINO, Michele; Ruberti, Excelso; BROTZU, Pietro; Gomes, Celso de Barros; MORBIDELLI, Lucio; MORRA, Vincenzo; SVISERO, Darcy P.; D`AMELIO, Fosco
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2008

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An integrated whole-rock petrographic and geochemical study has been carried out on kamafugites and kimberlites of the Late Cretaceous Alto Paranaiba igneous province, in Brazil, and their main minerals, olivine, clinopyroxene, perovskite, phlogopite, spinels and ilmenite. Perovskite is by far the dominant repository for light lanthanides, Nb, Ta, Th and U, and occasionally other elements, reaching concentrations up to 3.4 x 10(4) chondrite values for light lanthanides and 105 chondrite for Th. A very strong fractionation between light and heavy lanthanides (chondrite-normalized La/Yb from similar to 175 to similar to 2000) is also observed. This is likely the first comprehensive dataset on natural perovskite. Clinopyroxene has variable trace-element contents. likely due to the different position of this phase in the crystallization sequence; Sc reaches values as high as 200 ppm whereas the lanthanides show very variable enrichment in light over heavy REE, and commonly show a negative Eu anomaly. The olivine, phlogopite (and tetra-ferriphlogopite), Cr-Ti oxide and ilmenite are substantially barren minerals for lanthanides and most other trace elements, with the exception of Ba, Cs and Rb in mica, and V, Nb and Ta in ilmenite. Estimated mineral/whole-rock partition coefficients for lanthanides in perovskite are similar to previous determinations, though much higher than those calculated in experiments with synthetic compositions, testifying once more to the complex behavior of these elements in a natural environment. The enormous potential for exploitation of lanthanides, Th, U and high-field-strength elements in the Brazilian kamafugites, kimberlites and related rocks is clearly shown.

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CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, v.46, p.19-40, 2008

0008-4476

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/30256

10.3749/canmin.46.1.19

http://dx.doi.org/10.3749/canmin.46.1.19

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eng

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MINERALOGICAL ASSOC CANADA

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Canadian Mineralogist

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Palavras-Chave #trace elements in minerals #perovskite #clinopyroxene. phlogopite #kamafugites #kimberlites #Alto Paranaiba #Brazil #TRINDADE MANTLE PLUME #GROUP-II KIMBERLITES #CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY #PARTITION-COEFFICIENTS #ULTRAPOTASSIC ROCKS #MINERAL-CHEMISTRY #ALKALINE PROVINCE #SOUTHERN BRAZIL #ROMAN PROVINCE #SE BRAZIL #Mineralogy
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