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The Oxia mineralized granite is the product of differentiation in the external parts of the Florina magmatic mass. Acidic hydrothermal solutions either of magmatic or of meteoric origin reacted with the upper tectonically fractured parts of the Florina granite and became enriched in iron, thorium, uranium, zircon and rare-earth elements. The most abundant alteration minerals are sericite and quartz, while the minerals of the mineralization bands include magnetite, hematite, thorite, monazite and zircon. The outer parts of the Oxia granite made it easy the percolation of hydrothermal solutions from the deeper heater to the upper cooler parts of the granite which acted as a hot spot.
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Vekios, P., Kelepertzis, A., Bourithi, I. et al. The hydrothermal Na-Ca alteration at the marginal part of the Florina granite and the associated magnetite-hematite bands with thorium and uranium mineralization. Chin. J. Geochem. 21, 97–106 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873767
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