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Marble-Hosted Gem Spinel Deposits from Luc Yen District, North Vietnam: Mineral Systems and Some Aspects of Genesis

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A comparative study of the mineral-species distribution by various systems in evaporites from the Inder deposit (Kazakhstan) and in marbles of the Luc Yen deposit in North Vietnam, as well as a comparison of these locations in the distribution of species-defining elements, has been conducted. The obtained data show that both locations are almost identical in the set of species-defining elements (O, H, Si, Ca, S, Al, Na, Mg, K, C, F, Cl, and B), but slightly differ only in the Luc Yen marble enrichment in Al, Si, C, and F. The differences in the mineral abundance between evaporites and metamorphic rocks are due to landscape environments and physicochemical conditions of their formation. A comprehensive analysis of the evaporite and marble mineralogy with the identification of species-defining elements (mineral systems) may provide an objective basis for the assumption that evaporites with minor terrigenous material rocks were involved into the formation of ruby and gem spinel deposits.

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We thank I.V. Pekov for valuable comments and constructive advice when preparing the manuscript for publication.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 22-27-00172. The investigation was partly conducted using the equipment of the Resource Centers of the Research Park of St. Petersburg State University “Chemical Analysis and Materials Research Center,” “Geomodel,” “Center for X-ray Diffraction Studies,” and “Center for Optical and Laser Materials Research.”

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    V. G. Krivovichev, K. A. Kuksa, O. Yu. Marakhovskaya & M. E. Klimacheva

  2. OOO SOKOLOV, 197136, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Krivovichev, V.G., Kuksa, K.A., Sokolov, P.B. et al. Marble-Hosted Gem Spinel Deposits from Luc Yen District, North Vietnam: Mineral Systems and Some Aspects of Genesis. Geol. Ore Deposits 65, 734–742 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S107570152307005X

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