Mineral inclusions in lithospheric diamonds

T Stachel, S Aulbach, JW Harris - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Initially, it may seem extremely daunting to be sitting in front of several thousand carats of
small diamonds, knowing that the likelihood of finding a diamond with a meaningful …

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Mg-Al Disorder in MgAl2O4-Spinel: A Review

Y Ma, X Liu - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
The MgAl2O4-spinel has wide applications in various industries and in geosciences. It
shows a significant inter-site Mg-Al cation exchange (denoted by the inversion parameter x) …

Sulfur and chlorine budgets control the ore fertility of arc magmas

C Grondahl, Z Zajacz - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Continental arc magmas supply the ore-forming element budget of most globally important
porphyry-type ore deposits. However, the processes enabling certain arc segments to …

Concordance of V-in-olivine and Fe-XANES oxybarometry methods in mid-ocean ridge basalts

RW Nicklas, IS Puchtel, EF Baxter - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Oxygen fugacity (fO 2) is a fundamental parameter controlling the behavior of redox-
sensitive elements, as well as the speciation of degassing volatiles in igneous systems …

Trace element partitioning coefficients between terrestrial silicate melts and plagioclase feldspar: Improved and simplified parameters

JH Bédard - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Nernst partition coefficient data are compiled and parameterized against commonly
measured and petrologically significant Input Variables, allowing plagioclase/melt D values …

Trace elements in chromite as indicators of the origin of the Giant Podiform chromite deposit at Kempirsai, Kazakhstan

WJ Hu, MF Zhou, MA Yudovskaya… - Economic …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This study presents a complete trace element data set of chromite from the world's largest
podiform chromite deposit at Kempirsai, Kazakhstan, together with platinum group element …

Thermodynamic controls on element partitioning between titanomagnetite and andesitic–dacitic silicate melts

RH Sievwright, JJ Wilkinson, HSC O'Neill… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2017 - Springer
Titanomagnetite–melt partitioning of Mg, Mn, Al, Ti, Sc, V, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf
and Ta was investigated experimentally as a function of oxygen fugacity (f O 2) and …

Occurrence and magmatic origin of platinum-group minerals in the Hongge layered intrusion, SW China

Y Bai, W Tan, J Xing - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Platinum-group elements (PGEs) are typically hosted in the base metal sulfides (BMS) and
platinum-group minerals (PGMs) of magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposits. The PGM may …

Diffusion and partition coefficients of minor and trace elements in magnetite as a function of oxygen fugacity at 1150 ºC

RH Sievwright, HSC O'Neill, J Tolley… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2020 - Springer
Lattice diffusion coefficients and partition coefficients have been determined for Li, Mg, Al,
Sc, Ti, Cr, V, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Lu, Hf, Ta and U in single crystals of …

Diffusion-driven Zn and Mg isotope fractionation in magmatic Fe-Ti-Cr oxides and implications for timescales of magmatic processes

ZX Wang, SA Liu, C Yang, ZZ Wang, J Liu - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffusion-driven isotopic fractionation during crystal growth and crystal-melt interaction has
important implications for identifying diffusive processes and estimating the timescales of …