Mineralogy of Saranovskoe Chromite Deposit (Middle Urals)

CONTENTS

Introduction	5	(see a fragment, PDF)
1. History of Mineralogical Studies	9	(see a fragment, PDF)
2. Geology	16
3. Mineral and Rock Assemblages	20	(see a fragment, PDF)
3.1. Host Rocks	20
3.2. Layered Chromite-Bearing Gabbro-Ultramafic Massif	22
3.2.1. Primary Mineral Assemblages of Ultramafic Rocks	22
3.2.2. Postmagmatic Mineral Assemblages of Ultramafic Rocks	23
3.3. Products of Early Metamorphism of Gabbro-Ultramafic Assemblage	24
3.4. Dike Series and Products of Its Alteration	25
3.5. Strongly Altered Dike Rocks	26
3.6. Contact Altered Rocks Hosted Dolerite Dikes	27
3.7. Fracture Hydrothermal Assemblages	29
3.8. Supergene Assemblages	36
3.9. Contemporary Semi-Anthropogenic Assemblages	37
3.10. Features of Hydrothermal Mineral Formation	37
4. Minerals of the Saranovskoe Deposit	41	(see a fragment, PDF)
4.1. Native Elements and Intermetallic Compounds	41
4.2. Sulfides	46
4.3. Oxides and Hydroxides	53
4.4. Carbonates and Borates	71
4.5. Sulfates	75
4.6. Phosphates, Chromates and Vanadates	75
4.7. Silicates	76
4.7.1. Nesosilicates	76
4.7.2. Inosilicates	97
4.7.3. Phyllosilicates	99
4.7.4. Tectosilicates	116
Acknowledgments	117	(see a fragment, PDF)
Bibliography	118
Table 1. Minerals of the Saranovskoe Deposit	42	(see a fragment, PDF)
Table 2. Chemical composition of redledgeite from the Saranovskoe deposit, wt.%	66
Table 3. Chemical composition of Pb-Mn-Mg silicate, wt.%	97
Index of Minerals	see Insert	(see a fragment, PDF)
ADVERTISEMENT		(see a fragment, PDF)