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Serpentine minerals from the southern portion of the ultramafic belt of New Caledonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

K. A. Rodgers
K. A. Rodgers*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Summary

Peridotitic rocks in the Massif du Sud, southern New Caledonia, have suffered about 30 % serpentinization. Optical studies combined with X-ray and chemical analyses indicate that chrysotile and lizardite are the dominant serpentine species present. Serpentinization probably occurred during emplacement of the Massifs in their present overthrust position.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 39 , Issue 307 , September 1974 , pp. 798 - 801
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1974

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