· The main takeaway is to look at: – the structure and texture. After all, granite is named for its “granular” or phaneritic texture — you can see. – types of minerals: look for quartz (at
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Geoelectrical survey and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis were conducted in the hardrock terrain areas of Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria, with the view to determine impact of
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· The basement complex rocks in western Nigeria are sources of minerals and support some tourist attractions. The first section focuses on the geology of southwestern Nigeria, while the
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· This set of characteristics rules out the possibility of M-and S-type granites [75]. Additionally, these granites have high total alkalis [40, 41,44,46]).These features strongly suggest
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Ondo State is underlain by two distinct geological rock terrains: crystalline rocks of the Basement Complex consisting of granites, gneisses and schists; and sedimentary rocks consisting of sands, clays, shales and some limestone (Jones and Hockey, 1964).
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Granite is an acidic form of igneous rock. It is hard and tough with an average density of 2.75 g/cm3. Its colour varies from pink to grey or black depending on the chemistry and mineralogy
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· The positions and codes of whole rock chemical analyses taken from the batholith are marked by blue dots. The regional setting of the map area is in Fig. 1. The map is modi- fied after Lehto et al
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Major and trace elements geochemistry of Koji granites were determined to deduce the petrogenesis of the rocks. Six granite rock samples were collected and analyzed for their major and trace elements using the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer Methods. From the major element geochemistry, SiO2 ranges from 69.34%-72.97% and
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The Kofayi Younger Granite Complex is one of the fifty three (53) anorogenic granite suite in Nigeria which intruded the Precambrian Basement Complex. The complex is found to comprise of felsic rocks like; biotite-granites, biotite micro granites, hornblende and biotite granites. The complex is also found to be associated with mafic rocks like
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· The Hnilec S-type granites show a primary enrichment in the elements Sn, Rb, B, F, Nb, Ta and W which are hosted in mineral assemblage of cassiterite, tourmaline, fluorite, Ta- and Nb-phase etc.
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· Chemical whole-rock major oxides and some trace element analyses were done on granitic gneiss rocks located on the southeastern margin of western Nigeria Basement Complex, exposed
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· Abstract The pegmatites in southern Akwanga occur within the reactivated belt of the basement complex of Nigeria. The pegmatites consist of dominantly albite–muscovite pegmatites (rare-metal), southern parts of the map areas and biotite-microcline pegmatites (barren) central parts of the map. The pegmatites intruded gneiss
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· Comparing the various rock types in south-western Nigeria, and sequences of the event that led to their evolution with the Basement complex of Nigeria, a direct correlation can be drawn between
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All the granites are weakly-peraluminous I-types that are relatively enriched in U, Th, K, Zr, Hf, and LREEs. The whole rock Sr-Nd and zircon in situ Lu-Hf isotope analyses for the Early Carboniferous granite gave positive values of ∊ Nd ( t ) (2.87) and ∊ Hf ( t ) (4.31–12.37) with young Nd ( T DM = 860 Ma) and Hf ( T DM c = 1367–637 Ma) two-stage model ages,
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· Abstract and Figures. Abstract The geology and whole rock geochemistry of granitic rocks within Bishini sheet 165 SW, North Central Nigeria have been studied in order to determine the
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· An evaluation of Pb and Ba contents in S-type granites can provide important information on the processes of crustal partial melting. Primary low-T S-type granites, which form mainly by fluid-absent muscovite melting, may acquire a significant enrichment in Pb when compared to higher-T S-type granites for a given Ba content. We
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The study of the mechanical behavior of rock and rock masses, known as rock mechanics, has endless commercial value being applied in mining, drilling, reservoir production, civil construction
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· Iroko-granites data compared with other published Granites Oxides IRG GGG IPG SMG GEG KAG Finland I-type S-Type A-type SiO 2 71.53 68.9 72.78 67.86 76.69 65.42 72.45 72.9 71.58 73.47
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Modified date: 10/08/2023. Zuma Rock is a prominent geological feature located in Nigeria, West Africa. It holds significant cultural, historical, and spiritual importance for the people of Nigeria. Geological Significance: Zuma Rock is a large monolith, which is essentially a solitary rock formation rising abruptly from the surrounding plains.
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(Jacobson and Webb 1946; Okunlola 2005). The rare-metal pegmatites in Nigeria are dated from 560 to 450 Ma by Rb/Sr and U/Pb methods with Wamba area accounted for 537– 522 Ma (Matheis and Caen-Vachette 1983;Matheis1987; Melcher et al. 2015). The
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The genesis and timing of molybdenum (Mo) mineralization in the Mada Ring Complex, north-central Nigeria, have been constrained using a combination of whole-rock elemental geochemistry, Nd-Sr isotopes, zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes, and molybdenite Re-Os geochronological data. The Mada Ring Complex is one of fifty-three within-plate alkaline
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· Geology spent the 19th and much of the 20th century fighting a scientific civil war over the origin of granites—the coarsely crystalline, feldspar-rich rocks that make such excellent building stones and kitchen counters. The ultimate losers (1) held that granites precipitated from aqueous fluids that percolate through the crust, or formed by
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· Weathering process leads to changes in mineral composition, microdefects and mechanical properties of mineral grains, which has a significant impact on the macroscale mechanical properties of granitic rocks. In this paper, four granitic samples with different weathering degrees were investigated using microscale rock mechanics
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· The granites with rapakivi texture are present mostly in the Central Unit, and some in the northern and southern parts of the East Unit (Fig. 1 b; Xu et al., 2017). The rapakivi granites are porphyritic, with large (1–6 cm), mainly euhedral phenocrysts (i.eFig. 2
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· Geological map of Nigeria highlighting the different geological units. Full size image. The geology of Nigeria is made up of three major litho-petrological components, namely the Basement Complex, Younger Granites and Sedimentary Basins. The Basement Complex, which is Precambrian in age, is made up of the Migmatite–Gneiss Complex,
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· The major rock types in the area, similar to the rest of northern Nigeria, are deformed, Pan-African schists and granites and Archeanmigmatitic gneisses (Amadi et al., 2017; Akinola et al., 2021).
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· The Neoproterozoic charnockite–granite association of Okpella intrudes metasedimentary and migmatite-gneiss complex rocks in the eastern Igarra Schist Belt, southwestern Nigeria. In order to unravel the complex processes involved in the formation and tectonic evolution of the Igarra Schist Belt during the Neoproterozoic, detailed field,
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· 1. Introduction Granites have been intensively studied because the formation process is closely connected to crustal evolution and crust-mantle interactions, which contribute to the mechanical weakening of the crust throughout episodes of mountain building (e.g., Hopkinson et al., 2017).).
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What Is The Feeding Side Of Granites Rock The rediscovery of Perret"s toad， Amietophrynus perreti (Schiøtz. Oct 1， 2014 specialized and restricted to the granite
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