Manganiferous minerals of the epidote group from the Archaean basement of West Greenland

Katerinopoulou, Anna; Balic-Zunic, Toni; Berger, Alfons; Kolb, Jochen; Secher, Karsten (2014). Manganiferous minerals of the epidote group from the Archaean basement of West Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 62, pp. 27-37. Geological Society of Denmark

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The chemical compositions and crystal structures of Mn3+-containing minerals from the epidote group in Greenland rocks are investigated and described in detail. They occur in hydrothermally altered Archaean mafic sequences within the gneissic complex of the North Atlantic craton of West Greenland.

The Mn-containing minerals have a characteristic red to pink colour. A detailed microchemical study shows a significant inter- and intra-sample variation in Mn content. The samples from different parageneses can be classified as Mn-bearing epidote and Mn-bearing clinozoisite. The intra-sample variation in the content of Al, Fe and Mn is on a very fine scale, but still allows for identification of a negative correlation between Mn and Fe. Textures indicate different stages of growth.

Crystal chemical data are compared with literature data and illustrate the basic systematic differences between the influence of Fe and Mn on the crystal structure of the epidote group minerals.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Berger, Alfons

Subjects:

500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology

ISSN:

2245-7070

Publisher:

Geological Society of Denmark

Language:

English

Submitter:

Alfons Berger

Date Deposited:

10 Aug 2015 09:39

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:47

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.69109

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/69109

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