Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part II. The crystallization of chromitites

JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, JA Proenza… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
A review of previous work relevant to the formation of concentrations of chromite in
peridotites from ophiolitic (sl) sequences highlights some of the key problems in …

Petrogenesis of the platinum-group minerals

B O'Driscoll… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the
platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the …

Distribution of platinum-group elements and Os isotopes in chromite ores from Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba)

F Gervilla, JA Proenza, R Frei… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2005 - Springer
Abstract The Mayarí-Baracoa ophiolitic belt in eastern Cuba hosts abundant chromite
deposits of historical economic importance. Among these deposits, the chemistry of chromite …

Paleozoic serpentinite-enclosed chromitites from Tehuitzingo (Acatlán Complex, southern Mexico): a petrological and mineralogical study

JA Proenza, F Ortega-Gutiérrez, A Camprubı… - Journal of South …, 2004 - Elsevier
The serpentinites and associated chromitite bodies in Tehuitzingo (Acatlán Complex,
southern Mexico) are in close relationship with eclogitic rocks enclosed within a …

[PDF][PDF] Platinum-group minerals in podiform chromitites of the Oman ophiolite

AH Ahmed, S Arai - The Canadian Mineralogist, 2003 - academia.edu
Chromitite lenses rich in the platinum-group elements (PGE) have recently been discovered
in the deeper part of the mantle section of the northern part of the Oman ophiolite. In terms of …

The Guleman ophiolitic chromitites (SE Turkey) and their link to a compositionally evolving mantle source during subduction initiation

I Uysal, A Kapsiotis, RM Akmaz, S Saka, HM Seitz - Ore Geology Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Economically viable chrome ore bodies are hosted within a unit of pervasively serpentinized
harzburgite in the Guleman mine of the homonymous ophiolite in SE Turkey. Chrome ores …

[HTML][HTML] Cold plumes trigger contamination of oceanic mantle wedges with continental crust-derived sediments: Evidence from chromitite zircon grains of eastern …

JA Proenza, JM González-Jiménez, A Garcia-Casco… - Geoscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
The origin of zircon grains, and other exotic minerals of typical crustal origin, in mantle-
hosted ophiolitic chromitites are hotly debated. We report a population of zircon grains with …

[HTML][HTML] Ti-poor high-Al chromitites of the Moa-Baracoa ophiolitic massif (eastern Cuba) formed in a nascent forearc mantle

HC Rui, JS Yang, AIL Castro, JP Zheng, DY Lian… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitite is an important archive recording detailed information on mantle
magmatism, heterogeneity and dynamics. High-Al chromitites are believed to have formed in …

Co-occurrence of compositionally variable chromitites in the Sabzevar ophiolite, NE Iran

A Eslami, G Grieco, M Bussolesi, Y Ichiyama, D Lenaz… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
The Sabzevar ophiolite belt consists of a series of thrust-bound massifs that widen in extent
to∼ 150 km in NE Iran. The Kuh-Siah harzburgite-dunite massif in the central sector of this …

[PDF][PDF] Soghan complex as an evidence for paleospreading center and mantle diapirism in Sanandaj-Sirjan zone (south-east Iran)

H Ahmadipour, M Sabzehei, MH EMAMI… - 2003 - sid.ir
Soghan complex is one of the major ultramafic-mafic complexes in south-east Iran
(Esfandagheh area). Lower part of this complex is composed of dunite, harzburgite and …