ARCTIC Fluorite from Princess Royal Islands: Historic and Possible Economic Significance

ABSTRACT. Armstrong, physician and naturalist assigned to McClure’s Investigator (1949-52), reported garnet, a typically metamorphic mineral, in unmetamorphosed rocks of Princess Royal Islands. During recent visits to these islands a few crystals of purple fluorite were found near the northeast tip...

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Main Authors: Walter Gibbins, Donald Boucher, Wolfgang Skublak
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1985
Subjects:
FIG. 1. Location of Princess Royal Islands
Arctic
Blue Fiord
Princess Royal Islands
La Petite Ile
Petite Ile
Petite Ile La
Petite Ile, La
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.563.3332
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic39-1-89.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. Armstrong, physician and naturalist assigned to McClure’s Investigator (1949-52), reported garnet, a typically metamorphic mineral, in unmetamorphosed rocks of Princess Royal Islands. During recent visits to these islands a few crystals of purple fluorite were found near the northeast tip of the smaller, northernmost island. However, no garnet was found on either island. Key words: Princess Royal Islands, Blue Fiord Formation, fluorite RkSUME. Armstrong, medefin et naturaliste B bord de l’lnvestigator de McClure de 1949 a 1952, signala la presence de grenat, un mineral typiquement mttamorphique, dans les roches non mCtamorphosCes des iles Princesse Royale. Au cours de visites ricentes B ces iles, quelques cristaux de fluorine mauves furent trouves B la pointe nord-est de la petite ile la plus au nord. Cependant, aucune trace de grenat ne fut relevee sur ni I’une ni I’autre des iles.

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