An overview of chalcophile element contents of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits

ET Mansur, SJ Barnes, CJ Duran - Mineralium Deposita, 2021 - Springer
We have compiled the trace element concentrations in pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite,
and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits with the aim of understanding their …

Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part II. The crystallization of chromitites

JM González-Jiménez, WL Griffin, JA Proenza… - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
A review of previous work relevant to the formation of concentrations of chromite in
peridotites from ophiolitic (sl) sequences highlights some of the key problems in …

Partitioning of platinum-group elements and Au between sulfide liquid and basalt and the origins of mantle-crust fractionation of the chalcophile elements

JE Mungall, JM Brenan - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The partitioning of platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd) and Au
between sulfide melt and silicate melt (ie, D PGE sul) exerts a critical control on the PGE …

The tungsten isotopic composition of the Earth's mantle before the terminal bombardment

M Willbold, T Elliott, S Moorbath - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract Many precious,'iron-loving'metals, such as gold, are surprisingly abundant in the
accessible parts of the Earth, given the efficiency with which core formation should have …

Partition coefficients of chalcophile elements between sulfide and silicate melts and the early crystallization history of sulfide liquid: LA-ICP-MS analysis of MORB …

C Patten, SJ Barnes, EA Mathez, FE Jenner - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Chalcophile element partitioning among base-metal sulfide, oxide and silicate phases
during magmatic processes is poorly constrained in part because there are very few studies …

Chalcophile and siderophile elements in mantle rocks: Trace elements controlled by trace minerals

JP Lorand, A Luguet - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
BACKGROUND Rocks from the Earth's mantle occur in a wide range of geologic settings (1)
as peridotite massifs, now referred to as orogenic peridotites;(2) as spinel-(rarely garnet) …

Petrogenesis of the platinum-group minerals

B O'Driscoll… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the
platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the …

High-Cr and high-Al chromitites from the Sagua de Tánamo district, Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (eastern Cuba): Constraints on their origin from mineralogy and …

JM González-Jiménez, JA Proenza, F Gervilla… - Lithos, 2011 - Elsevier
Several chromitite bodies of variable sizes are hosted in dunite-harzburgite of the small (<
3km) mining district of Sagua de Tánamo, in the Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif, eastern of …

Platinum-group element systematics and petrogenetic processing of the continental upper mantle: A review

JP Lorand, A Luguet, O Alard - Lithos, 2013 - Elsevier
The platinum-group element (PGE) systematics of continental mantle peridotites show large
variability, reflecting petrogenetic processing of the upper mantle during partial melting and …

Platinum group elements in mantle melts and mantle samples

SJ Barnes, JE Mungall, WD Maier - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
A large data compilation has been assembled of platinum group element (PGE) analyses in
mantle melts and mantle rocks, the latter including an assortment of xenoliths and obducted …