Iron-titanium oxide minerals in layered gabbros of the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland : Part II. Magnetic properties
Abstract
Measurements of the magnetic constants of chemically analyzed titaniferous magnetites from the Skaergaard intrusion indicate that FeTiO 3 is completely exsolved as lalmenite lamellae. Up to about 6% Fe 2TiO 4, however, may remain in solid solution, the amount appearing to be more closely related to the temperature of consolidation of the rock than to the total Fe 2TiO 4 content of the mineral. The magnetic measurements provide a completely independent estimate of the Fe 2O 4 contents of the samples, which show good agreement with values calculated from chemical analyses. The coexisting ilmenites show little variation in magnetic properties; in particular there is no close relationship between magnetic properties and content of Fe 2O 3.
- Publication:
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Pub Date:
- July 1954
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0016-7037(54)90027-7
- Bibcode:
- 1954GeCoA...6...27C