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PEGMATITE DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2004-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

[A] deposit .... found in or near igneous rocks and at the outer margins of intrusive masses.

CONT

Pegmatite deposits account for nearly all historical Canadian production of tantalum, cesium, and lithium, and contain most of the known reserves of these commodities.

OBS

[These deposits] have the composition of igneous rock but contain a smaller range of minerals; consequently they are derived from very thin fluids. Pegmatites are usually coarsely crystalline. They frequently contain valuable gem minerals, such as garnet, topaz, beryl, emerald, tourmaline, and sapphire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
CONT

[...] les gîtes pegmatitiques formés par des circulations de fluides en état supercritique [...]. Il s'agit encore de différenciations magmatiques mais portant sur des parties légères, ou rendues légères par dissolution des magmas [...]. Elles donnent de nombreuses substances non métalliques mais peu de métaux : le wolfram, la cassitérite qui leur sont souvent associés [...]

CONT

Les pegmatites minéralisées sont à l'origine de presque toute la production de tantale, de césium et de lithium à ce jour au Canada, et elles contiennent la majorité des réserves connues de ces éléments utiles.

Spanish

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