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Ongonite

A rock subtype
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A dyke rock consisting predominantly of quartz, topaz, and albitic plagioclase, with variable mica.

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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
499661
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:499661:9

Classification of OngoniteHide

Mineralogy of OngoniteHide

Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:
Feldspar > Alkali Feldspar > AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Silica > QuartzSiO2
TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present:
MicaA petrological term for Mica Group.

Internet Links for OngoniteHide

References for OngoniteHide

Reference List:
Kortemeier, W.T. (1986) Ongonite and topazite dikes in the Flying W Ranch area, Tonto Basin, Arizona: Tempe, Arizona State University, M.S. thesis, 137 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:10,000.
Kortemeier, Winifred T.; Burt, Donald M. (1988) Ongonite and topazite dikes in the Flying W ranch area, Tonto basin, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 73 (5-6). 507-523
Štemprok, M. (1991) Ongonite from Ongon Khairkhan, Mongolia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 43 (4) 255-273 doi:10.1007/bf01164530
Dergachev, V. B. (1991) ONGONITES AND ELVANITES. International Geology Review, 33 (11) 1113-1123 doi:10.1080/00206819109465739
Peretyazhko, I. S., Tsareva, E. A., Zagorsky, V. Ye. (2007) A first finding of anomalously Cs-rich aluminosilicate melts in ongonite: Evidence from melt inclusion study. Doklady Earth Sciences, 413 (2) 462-468 doi:10.1134/s1028334x07030324
Peretyazhko, I. S., Zagorsky, V. Ye., Tsareva, E. A., Sapozhnikov, A. N. (2007) Immiscibility of calcium fluoride and aluminosilicate melts in ongonite from the Ary-Bulak intrusion, Eastern Transbaikal region. Doklady Earth Sciences, 413 (1) 315-320 doi:10.1134/s1028334x07020419
Peretyazhko, I.S., Savina, E.A. (2010) Fluid and magmatic processes in the formation of the Ary-Bulak ongonite massif (eastern Transbaikalia) Russian Geology and Geophysics, 51 (10) 1110-1125 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2010.09.003
Sokolova, E.N., Smirnov, S.Z., Astrelina, E.I., Annikova, I.Yu., Vladimirov, A.G., Kotler, P.D. (2011) Ongonite–elvan magmas of the Kalguty ore-magmatic system (Gorny Altai): composition, fluid regime, and genesis. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 52 (11) 1378-1400 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2011.10.017
Peretyazhko, I.S., Savina, E.A., Dril’, S.I., Gerasimov, N.S. (2011) Rb–Sr isotope system and Rb–Sr partitioning in the rocks of the Ary-Bulak ongonite massif, formed with the participation of fluoride–silicate magmatic immiscibility. Russian Geology and Geophysics, 52 (11) 1401-1411 doi:10.1016/j.rgg.2011.10.009
Alekseev, V. I., Marin, Yu. B. (2013) Late cretaceous age of Ongonite from the far east: Evidence from U-Pb dating of zircons. Doklady Earth Sciences, 453 (2) 1209-1212 doi:10.1134/s1028334x13120015
Alekseev, V. I., Marin, Yu. B., Gembitskaya, I. M. (2013) Allanite-(Y) in areas of ongonite magmatism in the Far East: Isomorphism and petrogenetic implications. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55 (7) 503-514 doi:10.1134/s1075701513070027
Agangi, Andrea, Kamenetsky, Vadim S., Hofmann, Axel, Przybyłowicz, Wojciech, Vladykin, Nikolay V. (2014) Crystallisation of magmatic topaz and implications for Nb–Ta–W mineralisation in F-rich silicic melts — The Ary-Bulak ongonite massif. Lithos, 202. 317-330 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2014.05.032
Huang, Fang-Fang; Wang, Ru-Cheng; Xie, Lei; Zhu, Jin-Chu; Erdmann, Saskia; Che, Xu-Dong; Zhang, Rong-Qing (2015) Differentiated rare-element mineralization in an ongonite–topazite composite dike at the Xianghualing tin district, Southern China: An electron-microprobe study on the evolution from niobium–tantalum-oxides to cassiterite. Ore Geology Reviews, 65. 761-778 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.08.008
Alekseev, V. I., Marin, Yu. B. (2019) Compositional Variations of Pyrochlore Group Minerals in Ongonite and Zwitter of the Verkhneurmiysky Pluton, Russian Far East. Geology of Ore Deposits, 61 (7) 654-662 doi:10.1134/s107570151907002x
Dyackov, B., Mizernaya, M., Aitbayeva, S., Miroshnikova, A., Kuzmina, O. (2020) ONGONITE DIKES OF EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE SPECIFICITY OF THEIR ORE CONTENT. Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology 1, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 61-68 doi:10.17721/1728-2713.88.09
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