The vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana, was in operation for over 70 yr and was contaminated with asbestos-like amphibole fibers. The mining, processing, and shipping of this vermiculite led to significant fiber inhalation exposure throughout the community, and residents of Libby have developed numerous pulmonary diseases such as lung cancer and mesothelioma. The present study describes the sep...

Abstract. Amphibole represents an important repository of water (among other volatiles, e.g., chlorine and fluorine) in the lithosphere all those environments characterized by circulation fluids hydrous melts, such as subduction zones subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Therefore, detailed knowledge mechanisms ruling incorporation amphibole is essential to assess amount that can be fixed this m...

Geothermobarometry equations are based on thermodynamic principles and appear in single or multi-variant functions. The number of variants for a specific composition or reaction usually is reduced into 2 involving temperature (T) and pressure (P). Since most of planned equations have two passive or variant P and T, using these equations should be with special care. It is very effective to use g...

Scanning electron microscopy of lung tissue, ashed at low temperature, and obtained from an insulation worker who had died of pleural mesothelioma, showed the presence of numerous inorganic particles and fibres. A regional variation in fibre concentration in different tissue samples was found, and the size distribution of naked fibres and asbestos bodies was determined. By energy dispersive x-r...

By using a transmission electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer, it Was possible to detect the morphological, structural, and chemical characteristics of individual asbestos fibers and clay minerals without any realignment of the equipment. A rapid and convenient procedure for semiquantitative analysis is proposed. Analyses are given for 21 hydrous silicates, asbesto...

The Huangyangshan A-type granitic pluton, distributed along the thrust fault in Kalamaili region of East Junggar, Xinjiang, China, consists alkaline granite containing abundant dioritic enclaves that formed via magma mixing. Both host and contain sodic amphiboles. textural evidence indicates amphiboles crystallized as a magmatic phase both units. We determined major trace element contents from ...

The corundum is found in the rocks of Berit metaophiolite Eastern Anatolia, near Doğanşehir a province Malatya. Metaophiolitic consist mainly garnet metagabbro, granulite, amphibolite, mylonitic amphibole schist, pyroxenite, orthopyroxenite, harzburgite, serpentinized dunite and diorite units. Corundum occurrences are mostly pyroxenites, amphibolites, peridotites granulites. Their colors change...

TheMarcona–Mina Justa deposit cluster, hosted by Lower Paleozoic metaclastic rocks and Middle Jurassic shallow marine andesites, incorporates the most important known magnetite mineralization in the Andes at Marcona (1.9 Gt at 55.4% Fe and 0.12% Cu) and one of the few major iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) deposits with economic Cu grades (346.6 Mt at 0.71% Cu, 3.8 g/t Ag and 0.03 g/t Au) at Mina ...