Chemical evolution and petrogenetic implications of loparite in the layered,agpaitic Lovozero complex,Kola Peninsula,Russia |
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Authors: | L N Kogarko C T Williams A R Woolley |
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Institution: | (1) Vernadsky Institute, Moscow, Russia, RU;(2) Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, GB |
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Abstract: | Summary Lovozero, the largest of the world’s layered peralkaline intrusions, includes gigantic deposits of Nb + REE-loparite ore.
Loparite, (Na,Ce,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6, became a cumulus phase after crystallisation of about 35% of the ‘Differentiated Complex’, and its compositional evolution
has been investigated through a 2.35 km section of the intrusion. The composition of the cumulus loparite changes systematically
upwards through the intrusion with an increase in Na, Sr, Nb and Th and decrease in REE and Ti. This main trend of loparite
evolution records differentiation of the peralkaline magma through crystallisation of 1600 m of the intrusion. The formation
of the loparite ores was the result of several factors including the chemical evolution of the highly alkaline magma and mechanical
accumulation of loparite at the base of a convecting unit. At later stages of evolution, when concentrations of alkalis and
volatiles reached very high levels, loparite reacted with the residual melt to form a variety of minerals including barytolamprophyllite,
lomonosovite, steenstrupine-(Ce), vuonnemite, nordite, nenadkevichite, REE, Sr-rich apatite, vitusite-(Ce), mosandrite, monazite-(Ce),
cerite and Ba, Si-rich belovite. The absence of loparite ore in the “Eudialyte complex” is likely to be a result of the wide
crystallisation field of lamprophyllite, which here became a cumulus phase.
Received November 6, 2000; revised version accepted January 18, 2001 |
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