Immiscible hydrous Fe–Ca–P melt and the origin of iron oxide-apatite ore deposits

The origin of iron oxide-apatite deposits remains enigmatic and controversial. Here, the authors perform experiments on intermediate magmas and show that increasing aH2O and fO2 enlarges the two-liquid field thus allowing the Fe–Ca–P melt to separate easily from host silicic magma and produce iron o...

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Main Authors: Tong Hou, Bernard Charlier, François Holtz, Ilya Veksler, Zhaochong Zhang, Rainer Thomas, Olivier Namur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03761-4