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Gallium and germanium geochemistry during magmatic fractionation and post-magmatic alteration in different types of granitoids: a case study from the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic)

In: Geologica Carpathica, vol. 64, no. 3
Karel Breiter - Nina Gardenova - Viktor Kanicky - Tomas Vaculovic

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Year, pages: 2013, 171 - 180
Language: eng
Keywords:
ICP-MS, geochemistry, granites, gallium, germanium
About article:
Contents of Ga and Ge in granites, rhyolites, orthogneisses and greisens of different geochemical types from the Bohemian Massif were studied using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis of typical whole-rock samples. The contents of both elements generally increase during fractionation of granitic melts: Ga from 16 to 77 ppm and Ge from 1 to 5 ppm. The differences in Ge and Ga contents between strongly peraluminous (S-type) and slightly peraluminous (A-type) granites were negligible. The elemental ratios of Si/1000Ge and Al/1000Ga significantly decreased during magmatic fraction: from ca. 320 to 62 and from 4.6 to 1.2, respectively. During greisenization, Ge is enriched and hosted in newly formed hydrothermal topaz, while Ga is dispersed into fluid. The graph Al/Ga vs. Y/Ho seems to be useful tool for geochemical interpretation of highly evolved granitoids.
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Breiter, K., Gardenova, N., Kanicky, V., Vaculovic, T. 2013. Gallium and germanium geochemistry during magmatic fractionation and post-magmatic alteration in different types of granitoids: a case study from the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic). In Geologica Carpathica, vol. 64, no.3, pp. 171-180. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geoca-2013-0018

APA:
Breiter, K., Gardenova, N., Kanicky, V., Vaculovic, T. (2013). Gallium and germanium geochemistry during magmatic fractionation and post-magmatic alteration in different types of granitoids: a case study from the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic). Geologica Carpathica, 64(3), 171-180. 1335-0552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geoca-2013-0018
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