Abstract

ZAPPETTINI, Eduardo O  and  SANTOS, Joao O. Finding ofbaddeleyite in Jujuy: Mineralogical data and U/Pb SHRIMP age. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp.540-543. ISSN 0004-4822.

Mineralogical, chemical data and U/Pb age ofbaddeleyite (ZrO₂) samples are presented for the first time in Argentina. Microscopic crystals of baddeleyite were found as anaccessory mineral in a gabbroic dike of Ordovician age that is part of theback-arc Famatinian magmatism in the Puna of Jujuy.

Keywords : Baddeleyite; Jujuy; Famatinian magmatism; Retroarc.

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