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Högbomite from the Aldan Shield, Eastern Siberia, USSR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Edward S. Grew
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Galina M. Drugova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Geochronology of the Precambrian, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad, USSR 199164
N.V. Leskova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Yakutsk Filial, Siberian Division, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Yakutsk, USSR

Abstract

Högbomite, a complex oxide of A1, Fe, Mg, and Ti, is an important constitutent of some iron ores and emery deposits as well as an infrequent accessory in aluminous high-grade rocks (e.g. Grew et al., 1987). The recent increase in reports of new localities (e.g. Rammlmair et al.,1988) suggests that högbomite may be more widespread than is generally perceived. We report here högbomite from the Aldan Shield, Eastern Siberia. This högbomite is remarkable for the wide variation in composition measured in a single thin section. Our report is only the second from the USSR of högbomite for which chemical data are given.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1989

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