Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique
Nine specimens of metamict zircon from granite pegmatites of the district of Zambézia, Mozambique, have been analyzed by wet chemical methods and by X-ray fluorescence. The specimens, which are contaminated by xenotime, display low densities and a low degree of order with only a few of the strongest...
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1982-12-01
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| description | Nine specimens of metamict zircon from granite pegmatites of the district of Zambézia, Mozambique, have been analyzed by wet chemical methods and by X-ray fluorescence. The specimens, which are contaminated by xenotime, display low densities and a low degree of order with only a few of the strongest zircon lines in the X-ray powder pattern. The mineral apparently crystallized in open wugs. The high water content is considered interstitial incorporated in the structure, not as -(OH)-4 replacing SiO4. The incorporation of water into the structure may have been simultaneous with the crystallization and metamictization of the mineral. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0bb520a752e496fb2bb2d87122218dd2022-12-21T19:08:01ZengGeological Society of FinlandBulletin of the Geological Society of Finland0367-52111799-46321982-12-01541-2778310.17741/bgsf/54.1-2.008Composition of metamict zircon from MozambiqueR. TörnroosNine specimens of metamict zircon from granite pegmatites of the district of Zambézia, Mozambique, have been analyzed by wet chemical methods and by X-ray fluorescence. The specimens, which are contaminated by xenotime, display low densities and a low degree of order with only a few of the strongest zircon lines in the X-ray powder pattern. The mineral apparently crystallized in open wugs. The high water content is considered interstitial incorporated in the structure, not as -(OH)-4 replacing SiO4. The incorporation of water into the structure may have been simultaneous with the crystallization and metamictization of the mineral.http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume54/sgs_bt_054_pages_077_083.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R. Törnroos Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland |
| title | Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique |
| title_full | Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique |
| title_short | Composition of metamict zircon from Mozambique |
| title_sort | composition of metamict zircon from mozambique |
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