磷灰石在矿床学研究中的应用

磷灰石是一种常见的岩浆岩副矿物和热液矿物,不易受风化和氧化等表生作用影响,能较好记录和保存岩浆和热液活动的原始信息,因而是研究岩浆和/或热液过程的一种常见示踪矿物.在矿床学领域,磷灰石常被用来为探究多种科学问题.文章回顾了近年来磷灰石在矿床学研究中的主要应用方向,总结了磷灰石在实际研究中的争议问题,并较系统地阐释了磷灰...

Applications of apatite in study of ore deposits: A review

Apatite is a common magmatic accessory mineral and hydrothermal mineral resistant to weathering and supergene oxidation, and therefore its geochemical characteristics can be used as an ideal proxy to understand the evolution of magmatic and/or hydrothermal events, because it could preserve and record considerably original information of magmatism and hydrothermal mineralization. The detailed investigation to apatite often provides important approaches in solving scientific problems in studying mineral deposits. Based on a review of recent studies of apatite in the field of econornic, we clarify some controversies and key scientific issues for the applications of apatite and provide a better insight for using apatite to indicate the genetic types of ore deposits, trace the origin and evolution of magmas and related mineralizing fluids, as well as assist in explorations for potential targets. We aim to provide a more comprehensive understanding for further study of apatite mineralogy and geochemistry, raise the prospecting work with the help of apatite, and strengthen extensive discussion of geological problems related to apatite based on the review of this paper.