Baddefeyite (ZrO,) _in Gabbroic Rocks from Axel Heiberg lsland,Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Main Authors: Kr Eus Kur, Prren E. Fnrcxenl
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Heiberg; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.6278; http://rruff.info/doclib/am/vol59/AM59_249.pdf

Baddeleyite (ZrO,) is an unusual accessory mineral in two gabbros from Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. One of the rocks also contains zircon (ZrSiOn). Origin of baddeleyite by impact heating and breakdown of zircon or, alternatively, of breakdown of metamict zircon trapped in the g...