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Lamprophyres are a group of alkali-rich igneous rocks which occur in a wide variety of geological settings throughout the world. They occur in the form of minor intrusions and are associated with major periods of magmatism almost everywhere. Lamprophyres are known to originate from great depths and to be very rich in fluids, and they have recently been shown to contain minerals such as diamond and gold. This book provides a comprehensive overview of lamprophyres, and discusses the distribution, occurrence and types of lamprophyre, together with associated rock types and their growing importance in economic geology. The book is written for geologists, geochemists and petrologists, but will be of considerable interest to economic geologists and those involved in research and exploitation of strategic mineral resources. Postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of igneous petrology and economic geology will find the book a useful source of reference.

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Author:   N. M. S. Rock
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9780216928978

ISBN 10:   0216928974
Pages:   285
Publication Date:   September 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 What are Lamprophyres? - History, Definitions, Classification.- 2 When and Where? - Global Distribution, Igneous Associations.- 3 Field Geology and Petrography - Macroscopy and Microscopy.- 4 Cognate Mineralogy.- 5 Whole-rock Geochemistry.- 6 Inclusion Suites - Macrocrysts, Xenocrysts, Xenoliths, etc..- 7 Plutonic and Volcanic Equivalents of Lamprophyres.- 8 Nature, Origin and Evolution of Lamprophyre Melts.- 9 Economic Geology.- 10 A Selective Lamprophyre Bibliography.- Appendix A Abbreviations and Symbols.- Appendix B Glossary of lamprophyres and ambiguous petrological terms.- Appendix C Global Compilation of Lamprophyre Occurrences.- Table Cl Confirmed occurrences of cale-alkaline lamprophyres.- Table C2 Confirmed occurrences of alkaline lamprophyres.- Table C3 Confirmed occurrences of ultramafic lamprophyres.- Table C4 Confirmed occurrences of lamproites.- Table C5 Additional documentation for the appinite suite and vaugnerite series.- Table C6 Confirmed mixed or transitional occurrences (covering two or more branches).- Table C7 Unconfirmed occurrences of lamprophyres .- Table C8 Apocryphal occurrences of lamprophyres .- Appendix D The computerized lamprophyre database LAMPDA.

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