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Typomorphism of fluorapatite in the Khibiny alkaline pluton, Kola Peninsula

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The zoning of accessory and rock-forming fluorapatite in the Khibiny pluton is discussed in its content, morphology, and chemical composition. The concentrations of Na, REE, and Si impurities in fluorapatite decrease from the margin and center of the pluton to the Major Ring, composed of melteigiteurtite and rischorrite. Within this structure, the purest apatite is characteristic of the high-grade ore in large deposits, where it occurs free of Na, and REE, as well as Sr in place of Ca. The fractal dimension of fluorapatite aggregates in all textural types of apatite-nepheline rocks (ores) corresponds to the dimension of fractures. Along with mineralogy of apatite-nepheline rocks and zoning of host foidolite, this feature indicates the superimposed character of apatite mineralization.

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  1. Nanomaterials Research Center, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk oblast, Apatity, ul. Fersmana 14, 184209, Russia

    N. G. Konopleva, G. Yu. Ivanyuk, Ya. A. Pakhomovsky, V. N. Yakovenchuk & Yu. A. Mikhailova

  2. Geological Institute, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk oblast, Apatity, ul. Fersmana 14, 184209, Russia

    G. Yu. Ivanyuk, Ya. A. Pakhomovsky, V. N. Yakovenchuk & Yu. A. Mikhailova

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Original Russian Text © N.G. Konopleva, G.Yu. Ivanyuk, Ya.A. Pakhomovsky, V.N. Yakovenchuk, Yu.A. Mikhailova, 2013, published in Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 2013, No. 3, pp. 65–83.

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Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A. et al. Typomorphism of fluorapatite in the Khibiny alkaline pluton, Kola Peninsula. Geol. Ore Deposits 56, 576–588 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701514070071

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