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ILIMAUSSAQ INTRUSION [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

Ellipsoidal, 8 km by 14 km, approximately 1000 m thick differentiated peralkaline intrusion of nepheline syenite, naujaite, and lujavrite.

OBS

Greenland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

Intrusion hyperalcaline différenciée de forme ellipsoïdale (8 km sur 14 km) d'environ 1 000 m d'épaisseur, composée de syénite néphélinique, de naujaïte et de lujavrite.

OBS

Groenland.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
CONT

The kakortokites and the overlying aegirine lujavrite of the Kangerdluarssuk area of the Ilimaussaq intrusion in Greenland contains 7. 2 billion tonnes of 1. 2% ZrO2, 0. 1186% Nb2O5 and 0. 3237% REO.

OBS

lujavrite: Coarse-grained eudialyte-bearing nepheline syenite, consisting of thin, nearly parallel tablets of feldspar ... with interstitial nepheline grains and aegirine needles. Also spelled lujauvrite, luijaurite.

Key term(s)
  • aegirine lujauvrite
  • aegirine luijaurite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
OBS

lujavrite : syénite néphélinique à eudialyte et aegyrite aciculaire.

OBS

Les mélanges d'aegyrine et d'augite donnent le pyroxène connu sous le nom d'augite aegyrinique [...]

Key term(s)
  • lujavrite à aegyrine

Spanish

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