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The composition of solid inclusions and the occurrence of shortite in apatites from the Tororo carbonatite complex of eastern Uganda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. A. Aspden*
Affiliation:
Institute of Geological Sciences, Keyworth, Nottingham, England

Abstract

Apatite concentrates obtained from a carbonatite of the Tororo complex contain cogenetic fluid and solid primary inclusions. The solid inclusions are commonly composed of calcite and shortite and these minerals, together with the host apatite, were deposited from aqueous fluids at approximately 400°C.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1981

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