Textural and compositional evidence for the formation of pentlandite via peritectic reaction: Implications for the distribution of highly siderophile elements

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Mansur, Eduardo T., Barnes, Sarah-Jane, Duran, Charley J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Sciences naturelles; Sciences de la terre (géologie; géographie); Bushveld Complex; Commonwealth of Independent States; geochemistry; mineral deposits; genesis; Africa; Asia; Krasnoyarsk Russian Federation; Merensky Reef; metal ores; metals; platinum group; Norilsk region; Russian Federation; pentlandite; South Africa; Southern Africa; sulfides; palladium; Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets Russian Federation; Norilsk; Taymyr; Dolgan-Nenets; nenets; norilsk
• Online Access: https://constellation.uqac.ca/id/eprint/4930/1/351.pdf

The distribution of highly siderophile elements is used in the study of a wide variety of geological topics, from planet formation and evolution to the formation of ore deposits. Under mantle and crustal conditions, these elements behave as highly chalcophile elements, and pentlandite (Pn) is an imp...