The First Precise Data on the Age of Charoite Mineralization (Eastern Siberia, Russia)

Charoite is a unique mineral and a rock of the same name. It is known from the only deposit in the world at the contact with Early Cretaceous syenite and other alkaline rocks of the Malyi Murun massif. The data on 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of tinaksite, tokkoite, and frankamenite associated with charoite...

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Published in:Doklady earth sciences 2018-02, Vol.478 (2), p.179-182
Main Authors: Ivanov, A. V., Gorovoy, V. A., Gladkochub, D. P., Shevelev, A. S., Vladykin, N. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Analytical errors
Argon
Cretaceous
Crystallization
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Geology
Mineralization
Minerals
Plateaus
Radiometric dating
Syenite
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Summary:Charoite is a unique mineral and a rock of the same name. It is known from the only deposit in the world at the contact with Early Cretaceous syenite and other alkaline rocks of the Malyi Murun massif. The data on 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating of tinaksite, tokkoite, and frankamenite associated with charoite are reported in this paper. All these minerals, except for frankamenite, have shown clear plateau ages overlapping with each other within the analytical errors. The weighted mean of the plateau ages of tinaksite, tokkoite, and microcline is 135.86 ± 0.26 Ma. Considering that these minerals are syngenetic to charoite, this age is the time of charoite crystallization. Frankamenite with an older age (137.55 ± 0.46 Ma) may reflect the polychronous crystallization of the charoite association.
ISSN:1028-334X
1531-8354
DOI:10.1134/S1028334X18020241