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Friend, C. R. L. (1982) Al-Cr substitution in peraluminous sapphirines from the Bjørnesund area, Fiskenaesset region, southern West Greenland. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (340) 323-328 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.04

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TitleAl-Cr substitution in peraluminous sapphirines from the Bjørnesund area, Fiskenaesset region, southern West Greenland
JournalMineralogical MagazineISSN0026-461X
AuthorsFriend, C. R. L.Author
Year1982 (September)Volume46
Issue340
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_46/46-340-323.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.04Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceFriend, C. R. L. (1982) Al-Cr substitution in peraluminous sapphirines from the Bjørnesund area, Fiskenaesset region, southern West Greenland. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (340) 323-328 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.04
Plain TextFriend, C. R. L. (1982) Al-Cr substitution in peraluminous sapphirines from the Bjørnesund area, Fiskenaesset region, southern West Greenland. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (340) 323-328 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.340.04
In(1982, September) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 46 (340) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesAbstractCr-rich Mg-sapphirines, which are more aluminous in composition than R2+:R3+:Si of 7:9:3 and are therefore considered to be peraluminous, are shown to have an inverse linear relationship between octahedrally co-ordinated Cr and Al. This balanced substitution, which has not previously been described, may be used to explain the major chemical variations exhibited in the described minerals. Since the peraluminous Cr-rich sapphirines are idioblastic it is suggested that they are stable members of the assemblages within which they occur. Peraluminous sapphirine is usually considered to be metastable but in this instance it is possible that chromium may assist in stabilizing its development.

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Sapphirine-occurrence N of Bjørnesund, Allumersat, Qeqertarsuatsiaat area, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland

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Sapphirine-occurrence N of Bjørnesund, Allumersat, Qeqertarsuatsiaat area, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland Corundum, Cummingtonite, Gedrite, Phlogopite, Plagioclase, Ruby, Rutile, Sapphirine, Spinel


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