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Spinel (spn)
This chapter describes Spinel (abbrv. spn), as seen with optical, reflected light microscopy. After summing up compositional data, main properties... -
Olivine–Modified Spinel–Spinel Transitions
OlivineSpinel of Mg-rich (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 composition is accepted as the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s upper mantleUpper mantle. High-pressure... -
Post-spinel Transition in AB2O4
SpinelSpinel-structured minerals with AB2O4 stoichiometry occur in various rocks in the crustCrust and the upper mantleUpper mantle. In this chapter,... -
Isomorphism Features of Post-Spinel Phases: Computer Modeling of Inclusion Composition in Lower Mantle Diamonds
AbstractMixing properties of solid solutions of the post-spinel phases with a composition of CaCr 2 O 4 –CaAl 2 O 4 , CaCr 2 O 4 –CaFe 2 O 4 , MgCr 2 O 4 –MgAl 2 O 4 , and...
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Updated COMAGMAT-5: Modeling the Effects of Sulfide Precipitation in Parallel to the Crystallization of Alumino-Chromian Spinel
AbstractAn updated version of the COMAGMAT-5.3 program is presented, which enables simulations of the silicate-sulfide immiscibility in parallel to...
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SpinelVA. A new perspective for the visual analysis and classification of spinel group minerals
Spinel group minerals, found within various rock types, exhibit distinct categorizations based on their host rocks. According to Barnes and Roeder (
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Deformation of Al-Cr spinel in the diffusion creep regime: mechanical results and flow laws
The flow law for diffusion creep of chromite spinel has been determined from uniaxial compressive creep experiments at temperatures of 1400° to...
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Marble-Hosted Gem Spinel Deposits from Luc Yen District, North Vietnam: Mineral Systems and Some Aspects of Genesis
AbstractA comparative study of the mineral-species distribution by various systems in evaporites from the Inder deposit (Kazakhstan) and in marbles...
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Accessory Cr-spinel from peridotite massifs of the South Urals: morphology, composition and origin
The features of morphology and composition of accessory Cr-spinels from four ophiolitic peridotite massifs of the Southern Urals are considered....
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Trace Elements in Amphiboles from Marbles of Luk Yen Ruby and Gem Spinel Deposit, North Vietnam
The composition and mineral associations of amphiboles from marbles of the Luk Yen deposit of colored stones, northern Vietnam have been... -
Phase Transitions of Pyroxene and Garnet, and Post-spinel Transition Forming Perovskite
MgSiO3-rich orthopyroxeneOrthopyroxene, CaMgSi2O6-rich clinopyroxeneClinopyroxene and Mg3Al2Si3O12-rich garnet consist of ~40 vol% of the Earth’s... -
Deltalumite, a New Natural Modification of Alumina with a Spinel-Type Structure
AbstractA new mineral, deltalumite, which is an analogue of the spinel-type synthetic δ-Al 2 O 3 , the second natural modification of alumina after...
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Spinel Lherzolite of the Northern Kraka Massif (Southern Urals): The First REE ID‒ICP‒MS, 87Sr‒86Sr, and 147Sm‒143Nd AL ID-TIMS Isotope Constraints
AbstractThe results of study of the REE ID ‒ ICP ‒ MS, 86 Sr/ 87 Sr, and 147 Sm ‒ 143 Nd AL ID-TIMS isotope systematics of spinel lherzolite from the Northern...
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Spinel web: an interactive web application for visualizing the chemical composition of spinel group minerals
The spinel group minerals provide useful information regarding the geological environment in which the host rocks were formed, constituting excellent...
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Petrologic Evolution of Post-collisional Magmas of Spinel-lherzolite Subcontinental Mantle Contaminated by Continental Crust; Palandöken (Erzurum) Volcanic Rocks in the East Anatolia, Turkey
The Palandöken volcanics are made up of a thick volcanic sequence consisting dominantly of tuffs and intercalated lava flows in Erzurum-Tekman basin....
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Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions
Magnetic and structure transitions of Mn 3–x Fe x O 4 solid solutions under extreme conditions are clarified by neutron time-of-flight scattering...
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Analysis of Solid Solutions with Spinel Structure
The solid solutions with spinel structure along the junction Fe3O4 - NiMn2O4 and MnFe2O4 - Ni2MnO4 were studied by the powder X-ray diffraction... -
Chromian spinel neomineralisations and the microstructure of plastically deformed ophiolitic peridotites (Kraka massifs, Southern Urals, Russia)
Results of a microstructural study of spinel peridotite samples obtained from the Kraka massif in the Southern Urals, involving findings of Cr-spinel...
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Phase Relations in Spinel Lherzolite KLB-1 According to Results of Thermodynamic Modeling up to 30 GPa: Peculiarities of Mineral Assemblages and Geodynamic Effects
AbstractThe composition of spinel lherzolite xenolith KLB-1 from the Kilbourne Hole volcanic crater, United States, which is close to the composition...