Petrography of lamproites from the village Mrzen, North Macedonia

Boev, Ivan (2022) Petrography of lamproites from the village Mrzen, North Macedonia. Natural resources and technology, 16 (1). pp. 35-45. ISSN 1857-6966

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Abstract

The paper presents detailed petrographic research using optical microscopy on lamproite rocks around the vil�lage of Mrzen, North Macedonia. Detailed microscopic examinations of 5 specimens show that the rocks have typical porphyritic structures and in some places they also show sub-rounded textures with cavities filled with secondary calcite. Phenocrystals that have idiomorphic forms are represented by olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, plagio�clase, and magnetite. In some places there are changes - alterations in phenocrystals that are represented by iddingsite, smectite-chlorite-goethite), clay and/or zeolites, and calcite. Microscopic examination shows that they are lamproites.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Ivan Boev
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2022 13:29
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2022 13:29
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30492

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