Skarn textures and a case study: the Ocna de Fier-Dognecea orefield, Banat, Romania

CL Ciobanu, NJ Cook - Ore geology reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
We address the question of the predictability of skarn textures and their role in
understanding the evolution of a skarn system. Recent models of skarn formation show that …

World skarn deposits

LD Meinert, GM Dipple, S Nicolescu - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Skarn deposits are one of the more abundant ore types in the earth's crust and form in rocks
of almost all ages. Skarn is a relatively simple rock type defined by a mineralogy usually …

Porphyry deposits: Characteristics and origin of hypogene features

E Seedorff, JH Dilles, JM Proffett, MT Einaudi… - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Porphyry deposits arguably represent the most economically important class of nonferrous
metallic mineral resources. These magmatic-hydrothermal deposits are characterized by …

Oscillatory zoning in skarn garnet: Implications for tungsten ore exploration

C Park, W Choi, H Kim, MH Park, IM Kang, HS Lee… - Ore geology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sangdong and Weondong deposits, Taebaeksan mineral district, South Korea,
are tungsten skarn ore deposits. Andradite (Fe-rich) garnet is a characteristic mineral in …

REE in skarn systems: A LA-ICP-MS study of garnets from the Crown Jewel gold deposit

M Gaspar, C Knaack, LD Meinert, R Moretti - Geochimica et cosmochimica …, 2008 - Elsevier
Metamorphic and magmatic garnets are known to fractionate REE, with generally HREE-
enriched patterns, and high Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd ratios, making them very useful as …

Zonation patterns of skarn garnets: Records of hydrothermal system evolution

B Jamtveit, RA Wogelius, DG Fraser - Geology, 1993 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Chemically zoned skarn garnets provide a continuous record of hydrothermal processes in
lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks within the contact aureole around the Drammen granite …

The rare earth elements and uranium in garnets from the Beinn an Dubhaich Aureole, Skye, Scotland, UK: constraints on processes in a dynamic hydrothermal system

MP Smith, P Henderson, TER Jeffries, J Long… - Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Garnets from skarns in the Beinn an Dubhaich granite aureole, Isle of Skye, Scotland, have
a large range of concentrations of uranium (0· 2–358 ppm) and the rare earth elements …

Geochemical and isotopic signature of pyrite as a proxy for fluid source and evolution in the Candelaria-Punta del Cobre iron oxide copper-gold district, Chile

I Del Real, JFH Thompson, AC Simon… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Pyrite is ubiquitous in the world-class iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits of the
Candelaria-Punta del Cobre district, documented from early to late stages of mineralization …

Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu‐Hf chronology

MA Smit, JC Vrijmoed, EE Scherer… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporation of rare earth elements (REE) in garnet enables garnet chronology (Sm‐Nd, Lu‐
Hf), and imparts a garnet‐stable signature on cogenetic phases, which allows …

Experimentally produced oscillatory zoning in the (Ba, Sr)SO4 solid solution

A Putnis, L Fernandez-Diaz, M Prieto - Nature, 1992 - nature.com
WHEN crystals grow from a multicomponent fluid phase under conditions where ionic
diffusion in the solid is negligible compared to that in the liquid, any compositional gradients …