Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in …

MF Zhou, PT Robinson, BX Su, JF Gao, JW Li… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites in the mantle sections of ophiolites belong to either high-Cr
(metallurgical) or high-Al (refractory) varieties. Their highly variable compositions are …

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 …

Coexistence of abyssal and ultra-depleted SSZ type mantle peridotites in a Neo-Tethyan Ophiolite in SW Turkey: Constraints from mineral composition, whole-rock …

İ Uysal, EY Ersoy, O Karslı, Y Dilek, MB Sadıklar… - Lithos, 2012 - Elsevier
We present new, whole-rock major and trace element chemistry, including rare earth
elements (REE), platinum-group elements (PGE), and Re–Os isotope data from the upper …

High-Cr and high-Al chromitites from the Sagua de Tánamo district, Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (eastern Cuba): Constraints on their origin from mineralogy and …

JM González-Jiménez, JA Proenza, F Gervilla… - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
Several chromitite bodies of variable sizes are hosted in dunite-harzburgite of the small (<
3km) mining district of Sagua de Tánamo, in the Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif, eastern of …

Multiple events in the Neo-Tethyan oceanic upper mantle: evidence from Ru–Os–Ir alloys in the Luobusa and Dongqiao ophiolitic podiform chromitites, Tibet

R Shi, O Alard, X Zhi, SY O'Reilly, NJ Pearson… - Earth and Planetary …, 2007 - Elsevier
In situ analysis of major elements, platinum-group elements and Os isotope composition
data for 170 grains of Ru–Os–Ir alloys from podiform chromitites in the Luobusa and …

Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part I. A review and new ideas on the origin and significance of platinum-group minerals

JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, F Gervilla… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
Platinum-group minerals are the dominant control on the budget of platinum-group elements
in ophiolitic chromitites. They vary widely in distribution, morphology, chemistry and Os …

Diversities of chromite mineralization induced by chemo–thermal evolution of the mantle during subduction initiation

PF Zhang, MF Zhou, PT Robinson, J Malpas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ophiolites, mostly formed via subduction initiation at proto-forearcs, exhibit a unique
variation of mantle-derived magmatism from MORB-like to low-Ti tholeiitic and bainitic-like …

Petrogenesis of highly depleted peridotites and gabbroic rocks from the Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba)

C Marchesi, CJ Garrido, M Godard, JA Proenza… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2006 - Springer
Abstract The Moa-Baracoa and Mayarí-Cristal massifs (eastern Cuba) are two ophiolitic
complexes mainly constituted by harzburgite tectonites and minor dunites, cut by gabbroic …

Genesis and tectonic implications of podiform chromitites in the metamorphosed ultramafic massif of Dobromirtsi (Bulgaria)

JM González-Jiménez, M Locmelis, E Belousova… - Gondwana …, 2015 - Elsevier
Podiform chromitites occur in the meta-dunite horizon of the Dobromirtsi ultramafic massif, in
the Central Rhodope metamorphic core complex (southern Bulgaria). Although these were …