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Some notes on the IUGS classification of lamprophyric rocks Cover

Some notes on the IUGS classification of lamprophyric rocks

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|Aug 2024

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Figure 1.

A photomicrograph with characteristic cauliflower-shaped dark translucent perovskite and orange tetraferriphlogopite in a serpentinised olivine matrix in PPL from the Balkamthota Vanka micaceous kimberlite (orangeite) in India (Phani and Raju, 2017).
A photomicrograph with characteristic cauliflower-shaped dark translucent perovskite and orange tetraferriphlogopite in a serpentinised olivine matrix in PPL from the Balkamthota Vanka micaceous kimberlite (orangeite) in India (Phani and Raju, 2017).

Figure 2.

TAS diagram adjusted for lamprophyres and lamproites (Gill and Fitton, 2022). UML are ultramafic lamprophyres, AL alkaline lamprophyres, CAL calc-alkaline lamprophyres and LL lamproites. Orange dots are the para-lamproites of Table 1. The dots project on the area where lamproites and calc-alkaline lamprophyres overlap. Access date 13/5/2024. Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide, Second Edition. Robin Gill and Godfrey Fitton. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Published 2023 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Companion website: www. wiley.com/go/gill/igneous2.
TAS diagram adjusted for lamprophyres and lamproites (Gill and Fitton, 2022). UML are ultramafic lamprophyres, AL alkaline lamprophyres, CAL calc-alkaline lamprophyres and LL lamproites. Orange dots are the para-lamproites of Table 1. The dots project on the area where lamproites and calc-alkaline lamprophyres overlap. Access date 13/5/2024. Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide, Second Edition. Robin Gill and Godfrey Fitton. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Published 2023 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Companion website: www. wiley.com/go/gill/igneous2.

Figure 3.

A photomicrograph with phlogopite microphenocrysts in PPL from the Limnos island para-lamproite sample GL28. The rock also contains phenocrysts of serpentinized forsteritic olivine and diopside, and magnesiochromite grains in a groundmass which additionally includes sanidine.
A photomicrograph with phlogopite microphenocrysts in PPL from the Limnos island para-lamproite sample GL28. The rock also contains phenocrysts of serpentinized forsteritic olivine and diopside, and magnesiochromite grains in a groundmass which additionally includes sanidine.

Figure 4.

The isolated Thumb minette neck in New Mexico, USA (photo by John 2016). The minette magma originated from a depth of 190km as the analysis of garnet peridotite and other xenoliths showed (Smith et al., 1991). Access date 13/5/2024.
The isolated Thumb minette neck in New Mexico, USA (photo by John 2016). The minette magma originated from a depth of 190km as the analysis of garnet peridotite and other xenoliths showed (Smith et al., 1991). Access date 13/5/2024.

Figure 5.

Ten Appalachian diamonds from the state of North Carolina, USA appearing on a 1mm grid (photo by Chris Tacker from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 2014). Access date 13/5/2024.
Ten Appalachian diamonds from the state of North Carolina, USA appearing on a 1mm grid (photo by Chris Tacker from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 2014). Access date 13/5/2024.

Figure 6.

A simplified genetic diagram presenting the interrelations among lamprophyric rocks as shown by Kamvisis and Phani (2022) and this article.
A simplified genetic diagram presenting the interrelations among lamprophyric rocks as shown by Kamvisis and Phani (2022) and this article.

Representative compositions of para-lamproites from around the world_ Mt_ Bundey in Australia (Sheppard and Taylor, 1992), W_ Churchill province in Canada (Peterson et al_, 2002), Qinghai Xizang plateau in China (Mei et al_, 1989), Bohemian massif in the Czech Republic (Krmíček et al_, 2020), Limnos island in Greece (Kamvisis and Vasyukova, 2021), Aldan shield in Russia (Izokh et al_, 2024), Pendennis and Jersey island in the U_K_ (Hall, 1982; Wagner and Velde, 1985) and Coc Pia area in Vietnam (Tran et al_, 2016)_

Country→AustraliaAustraliaCanadaCanadaChinaChinaCzechR.CzechR.
sample→113393113395P97-92P97-T138BMe209Li-26PK-28PK-41
SiO246.0146.0448.8351.1447.8748.5448.451.3
TiO21.91.81.321.110.8311.041.08
Al2O310.279.9810.3210.3310.8811.1611.411.6
Fe2O39.849.847.097.734.014.927.076.02
FeOnananana5.074.17nana
MnO0.140.140.110.140.090.180.110.1
MgO9.8410.7110.919.8711.49.61010.4
CaO7.417.538.748.037.798.415.565.64
SrO0.250.310.140.09nana0.080.07
BaO0.520.460.890.43nana0.210.52
Na2O2.221.761.61.462.221.541.850.96
K2O5.996.716.424.134.575.716.187.75
P2O52.332.51.791.550.851.130.891.33
CO20.50.76nana0.190.02nana
H2O+nananana3.542.12nana
LOI2.672.83nananana6.72.7
Total98.6299.84nana100.1198.599.298.8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mipo-2024-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1899-8526 | Journal ISSN: 1899-8291
Language: English
Page range: 30 - 39
Submitted on: May 14, 2024
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Accepted on: Aug 6, 2024
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Published on: Aug 29, 2024
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Ioannis Kamvisis, Pothuri Ramesh Chandra Phani, published by Mineralogical Society of Poland
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