Rae, D. A., Chambers, A. D. (1988) Metasomatism in the North Qôroq centre, South Greenland: cathodoluminescence and mineral chemistry of alkali feldspars. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 79 (1) 1-12 doi:10.1017/s0263593300014061
| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ||
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| Title | Metasomatism in the North Qôroq centre, South Greenland: cathodoluminescence and mineral chemistry of alkali feldspars | ||
| Journal | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences | ||
| Authors | Rae, D. A. | Author | |
| Chambers, A. D. | Author | ||
| Year | 1988 | Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 | ||
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| DOI | doi:10.1017/s0263593300014061Search in ResearchGate | ||
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 494150 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:494150:1 |
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| Full Reference | Rae, D. A., Chambers, A. D. (1988) Metasomatism in the North Qôroq centre, South Greenland: cathodoluminescence and mineral chemistry of alkali feldspars. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 79 (1) 1-12 doi:10.1017/s0263593300014061 | ||
| Plain Text | Rae, D. A., Chambers, A. D. (1988) Metasomatism in the North Qôroq centre, South Greenland: cathodoluminescence and mineral chemistry of alkali feldspars. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 79 (1) 1-12 doi:10.1017/s0263593300014061 | ||
| In | (1988) Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences Vol. 79 (1) Cambridge University Press (CUP) | ||
| Abstract/Notes | ABSTRACTThe North Qôroq centre consists of a number of units of syenite, all undersaturated, with later units in sharp intrusive contact with earlier ones. Chemical and mineralogical characteristics have been determined by primary crystal-silicate liquid equilibria and also later, extensive, metasomatic alteration probably involving an alkali-rich aqueous phase. Cathodoluminescence studies on feldspars, the dominant phase present, reveal the development of red-luminescing albite in all the rocks affected by a late-stage fluid phase in contrast with the blue luminescence shown by unaltered perthites. Spectral and chemical investigation of the feldspars confirms earlier views that red luminescence is caused by Fe3+, an impurity in the feldspar structure, but also indicates that, for red luminescence to be seen, the blue luminescent peak must be greatly reduced or absent. The cause of the blue luminescence is less obvious but may well be related to an oxygen defect centre. Such a centre is apparently absent in red-luminescing albites and hence not formed during growth involving late-stage fluids. The fluids evolved from highly peralkaline, undersaturated magmas and metasomatised less evolved syenites forming feldspathoids, particularly sodalite. Once equilibrium had been attained the fluid behaved principally as a passive phase on its passage through the rocks, aiding the unmixing of the alkali feldspars. | ||
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