Paragenesis is a petrologic concept meaning an equilibrium sequence of mineral phases. It is used in studies of igneous and metamorphic rock genesis and...
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Pentlandite (section Paragenesis)
Pentlandite is an iron–nickel sulfide with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)9S8. Pentlandite has a narrow variation range in nickel to iron ratios (Ni:Fe),...
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Phlogopite (section Paragenesis)
Phlogopite is a yellow, greenish, or reddish-brown member of the mica family of phyllosilicates. It is also known as magnesium mica. Phlogopite is the...
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Chalcopyrite (section Paragenesis)
Chalcopyrite (/ˌkælkəˈpaɪˌraɪt, -koʊ-/ KAL-kə-PY-ryte, -koh-) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical...
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Olivine (section Identification and paragenesis)
The mineral olivine (/ˈɒl.ɪˌviːn/) is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. It is a type of nesosilicate or orthosilicate....
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hypogene, hypogenesis, hypogenic, hypogenous, monogenic, oogenesis, paragenesis, pathogen, polygenous, progenesis, pseudogene, spermatogenesis gen- (GEN)...
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Ilmenite (section Paragenesis)
Ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO 3. It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. Ilmenite is the most important...
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deposit of antimony, the Xikuangshan mine, yields high quality crystals in paragenesis with calcite. It occurs in Canada, Mexico, Peru, Japan, Germany, Romania...
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Rampghill mine (section Paragenesis)
Rampgill mine is a disused lead mine at Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England UK Grid Reference: NY78184351 It was one of the most extensive and productive...
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Millerite (section Paragenesis)
Millerite or nickel blende is a nickel sulfide mineral, NiS. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry...
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Fleischerite (section Paragenesis with other minerals)
fleischerite grows on top of them all. Rarely, fleischerite enters paragenesis with alamosite, anglesite, hematite, leadhillite, melanotekite, mimetite...
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Nicolas, Adolphe; Boudier, Françoise; Mainprice, David (April 2016). "Paragenesis of magma chamber internal wall discovered in Oman ophiolite gabbros"...
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under-saturated ultramafic rocks and foidolites, due to the instability in a paragenesis with feldspar. Perovskite occurs as small anhedral to subhedral crystals...
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George-ericksenite (section Occurrence and paragenesis)
George-ericksenite is a mineral with the chemical formula Na6CaMg(IO3)6(CrO4)2(H2O)12. It is vitreous, pale yellow to bright lemon yellow, brittle, and...
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hypogene, hypogenesis, hypogenic, hypogenous, monogenic, oogenesis, paragenesis, pathogen, polygenous, progenesis, pseudogene, spermatogenesis gen- (GEN)...
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Gaspéite (section Paragenesis)
Gaspéite, a very rare nickel carbonate mineral, with the formula (Ni,Fe,Mg)CO3, is named for the place it was first described, in the Gaspé Peninsula,...
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phosphates often combine with iron phosphates through paragenesis. In the process of paragenesis, each mineral affects the manner in which the other is...
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2006-05-09. Petersen, U. "Introduction to Ore Microscopy II; Mineral Paragenesis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-04-11. DoITPoMS Teaching...
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metamorphism. Prograde metamorphism involves the change of mineral assemblages (paragenesis) with increasing temperature and (usually) pressure conditions. These...
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Polydymite (section Paragenesis)
Polydymite, Ni2+Ni23+S4, is a supergene thiospinel sulfide mineral associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide. Polydymite crystallises...
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Lemanskiite is a mineral that was first discovered in a mine at Abundancia mine, El Guanaco mining district, Chile, with the ideal formula of NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·3H2O...
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Kambaldaite (section Paragenesis)
Kambaldaite, NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossaniferous material associated with...
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Violarite (section Paragenesis)
Violarite (Fe2+Ni23+S4) is a supergene sulfide mineral associated with the weathering and oxidation of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide ore minerals...
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Heazlewoodite (section Paragenesis)
Heazlewoodite, Ni3S2, is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite. It occurs as disseminations and masses of opaque, metallic...
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Reporting". Foley, N.K. et al. (1993). Mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and paragenesis of gold, silver, and base-metal ores of the North Amethyst vein system...
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Parascorodite (section Paragenesis)
Parascorodite is a rare, secondary iron-arsenate mineral. It has a chemical formula of (FeAsO4·2H2O) and was discovered in 1967 using X-ray powder diffraction...
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Paragenesis of ardaite and galena, Madjarovo ore deposit, Bulgaria, at the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgaria...
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and Krasno, near Horní Slavkov (Czech Republic). It appears in two paragenesis, as an alteration of other phosphates in pegmatites: in one with jungle...
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mineral on the oxidation zone of uranium ores. It is often found in paragenesis with autunite, metatorbernite, uraninite, zeunerite and, very rarely...
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(2018) A Raven Bound with Lilies: Stories of the Wraeththu Mythos (2017) Paragenesis: Stories of the Dawn of Wraeththu (2010) (with Wendy Darling) Para Imminence:...
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