Phoscorite and Carbonatite

Phoscorite and carbonatites from mantle to mine:

The key example of the Kola Alkaline Province

Editors:

F. Wall and A.N. Zaitsev
Mineralogical Society Series

Phoscorite breccia, Kovdor, Russia

Chapters include:

1. Overview of carbonatite-phoscorite complexes of the Kola Alkaline Province in the context of a Scandinavian North Atlantic Alkaline Province. A.G. Bulakh, V.V. Ivanikov and M.P. Orlova.
2. Introduction to phoscorites: occurrence, composition, nomenclature and petrogenesis. N.I. Krasnova, T.G. Petrov, E.G. Balaganskaya , D. Garcia, J. Moutte, A.N. Zaitsev, and F. Wall.
3. Timing of Kola ultrabasic, alkaline and phoscorite-carbonatite magmatism. U. Kramm and S. Sindern
4. Kovdor - classic phoscorites and carbonatites. N.I. Krasnova, E.G. Balaganskaya and D. Garcia
5. Carbonatites and phoscorites from the Sokli Complex, Finland. M.J Lee, D. Garcia, J. Moutte, C.T. Williams and F. Wall
6. The phoscorite-carbonatite complex of Vuoriyarvi, northern Karelia. P.I. Karchevsky and J. Moutte
7. Sallanlatvi Complex - a rare example of magnesite and siderite carbonatites. A.N. Zaitsev, M.A. Sitnikova, V.V. Subbotin, J. Fernández-Suárez and T.E. Jeffries
8. Afrikanda: An association of ultramafic, alkaline and alkali-silica-rich carbonatitic rocks from mantle-derived melts. A.R. Chakhmouradian and A.N. Zaitsev
9. Mineralogy of high-field strength elements(Ti, Nb, Zr, Ta, Hf) in phoscorite and carbonatitic rocks of the Kola Peninsula, Russia. A.R. Chakhmouradian and C.T. Williams
10. Rare earth minerals in Kola carbonatites. F. Wall and A.N. Zaitsev
11. A review and comparison of PGE, noble metal and sulphide mineralization in phoscorites and carbonatites from Kovdor and Phalaborwa. N.S. Rudashevsky , Yu.L. Kretser, V.N. Rudashevsky and E.S. Sukharzhevskaya
12. Stable C and O isotope compositions of carbonatite complexes of the Kola Alkaline Province : phoscorite-carbonatite relationships and source compositions. A. Demény, M.A. Sitnikova and P.I. Karchevsky
13. Carbonatites from the Kola Alkaline Province: origin and evolution and source characteristics. K. Bell. and A.S. Rukhlov
14. Economic deposits associated with alkaline and ultrabasic complexes of the Kola Peninsula. S.V. Petrov
    Published August 2004 by the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
    Hardback, 503 pages, 38 colour plates
    ISBN 0-903056-22-4

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