OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Mineralogy and Petrology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Primary inclusions of burbankite in carbonatites from the Fen complex, southern Norway	14
Zircon U-Pb ages, geochemistry and isotopic characteristics of the Chu Lai granitic pluton in the Kontum massif, central Vietnam	13
Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of early Indosinian A-type granites in the Xinxing pluton, southern South China	12
Hydrothermal mineral assemblages of calcite and dolomite–analcime–pyrite in Permian lacustrine Lucaogou mudstones, eastern Junggar Basin, Northwest China	12
Geochemical evolution of a composite pluton: insight from major and trace element chemistry of titanite	12
Study of mineral grains extracted from the Chernobyl “lava”	11
The parisite–(Ce) enigma: challenges in the identification of fluorcarbonate minerals	10
Evolution of spinel-bearing ultrahigh-temperature granulite in the Jining complex, North China Craton: constrained by phase equilibria and Monte Carlo methods	10
Petrology, geochemistry and geochronology of granites and granite gneisses in the SE Karakoram, India: Record of subduction-related and pre- to syn-kinematic magmatism in the Karakoram Fault Zone	9
The key role of µH2O gradients in deciphering microstructures and mineral assemblages of mylonites: examples from the Calabria polymetamorphic terrane	9
Chromian spinel neomineralisations and the microstructure of plastically deformed ophiolitic peridotites (Kraka massifs, Southern Urals, Russia)	9
High temperature – low pressure metamorphism during subduction of Neo-Tethys beneath the Iranian plate: evidence for mafic migmatite formation in the Alvand complex (western Iran)	8
The physico-chemical conditions of crystallization of the Grenvillian arfvedsonite granite of Dimra Pahar, Hazaribagh, India: constraints on possible source regions	7
A simple and robust method for calculating temperatures of granitoid magmas	7
Multi-stage magmatic history of olivine–leucite lamproite dykes from Banganapalle, Dharwar craton, India: evidence from compositional zoning of spinel	7
Petrogenesis of gem sapphire in a pegmatite-aplite vein from the Alvand batholith, Western Iran	7
Syn-metamorphic sulfidation of the Gamsberg zinc deposit, South Africa	7
Symplectite growth in the presence of alkaline fluids: evidence from high-aluminous metasediments of the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka	7
La Queglia carbonatitic melnöite: a notable example of an ultra-alkaline rock variant in Italy	6
Chemical composition of magnetite and chlorite from the stringer zone of the Nudeh volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit, Iran: geological implications	6
An age-integrated geochemical and computational phase-equilibria study from the Wangtu Gneissic Complex, N-W Himalaya, and its paleogeographic implications in Columbia assembly	6
Petrogenesis of Early Paleozoic adakitic granitoids in the eastern Qilian Block, northwest China: implications for the South Qilian Ocean subduction	6
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of alkali feldspar samples for space application	6
Supra-subduction zone mantle peridotites in the Tethyan Ocean (East Anatolian Accretionary Complex–Eastern Turkey): Petrological evidence for melting and melt-rock interaction	6
Early Cretaceous granitoids and gabbro in the Liaodong Peninsula: implications for delamination of the North China Craton and Paleo-Pacific Plate subduction	6

Genesis of Zn-Pb-(Ba-Sr) mineralization in the peridiapiric cover of Jebel El Akhouat, Ech Chehid salt dome, Northern Tunisia	5
Multi-stage evolution of kimberlite melt as inferred from inclusions in garnet megacrysts in the Grib kimberlite (Arkhangelsk region, Russia)	5
Stergiouite, CaZn2(AsO4)2 · 4H2O – a new mineral from the Lavrion Mining District, Greece	5
Minimizing the impact of passivation during allanite-(Ce) decomposition in sulfuric acid media for rare earth recovery	4
The use of geochemical methods to pinpoint the origin of ancient white marbles	4
Structural studies on synthetic A2−x[M2(TeO3)3]·nH2O phases (A = Na, K, Rb, Cs; M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) with zemannite-type structures	4
Impact diamonds from meteorite craters and Neogene placers in Ukraine	4
Carbonatite-melilitite-phosphate immiscible melts from the aragonite stability field entrained from the mantle by a Pliocene basalt	4
Geology and genesis of the Qi191 granite-hosted gold deposit in the southern margin of the North China Craton: constraints from SIMS zircon U–Pb, sericite 40Ar–39Ar, in-situ trace elements, and in-sit	4
Multiphase intrusion at the giant Pulang porphyry Cu-Au deposit in western Yunnan (Southwestern China): comparison between ore-causative and barren intrusions	4
In situ observation of chrysotile decomposition in the presence of NaCl-bearing aqueous fluid up to 5 GPa and 400 °C	4
Geochemical and zircon U-Pb geochronological constraints on late mesozoic Paleo-Pacific subduction-related volcanism in southern Vietnam	4
40Ar–39 Ar dating, whole-rock and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of the Middle Eocene calc-alkaline volcanic rocks in the Bayburt area, Eastern Pontides (NE Turkey): Implications for magma evolution in an	4
Fluorellestadite from burned coal dumps: crystal structure refinement, vibrational spectroscopy data and thermal behavior	4
Arsenotučekite, Ni18Sb3AsS16, a new mineral from the Tsangli chromitites, Othrys ophiolite, Greece	4