ORE Open Research Exeter TITLE The chemistry of quartz in granitic pegmatites of southern Norway: Petrogenetic and economic implications AUTHORS Müller, A; Ihlen, PM; Snook, B; et al. JOURNAL Economic Geology DEPOSITED IN ORE 01 March 2019 This version available at http://hdl.handle.net/10871/36170 COPYRIGHT AND REUSE Open Research Exeter makes this work available in accordance with publisher policies. A NOTE ON VERSIONS The version presented here may differ from the published version. If citing, you are advised to consult the published version for pagination, volume/issue and date of publication The chemistry of quartz in granitic pegmatites of southern Norway: petrogenetic and economic implications Axel Müller 1,2 , Peter M. Ihlen 3, Ben Snook 3, Rune Larsen 4, Belinda Flem 3, Bernard Bingen 3, Ben J. Williamson 5 1 Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway, e-mail:
[email protected] 2 Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK 3 Geological Survey of Norway, P.O. Box 6315 Sluppen, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway 4 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway 5 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn TR10 9EZ, UK 1 Abstract Trace element concentrations in quartz from 188 granitic pegmatites in the Froland and Evje- Iveland pegmatite fields, southern Norway, have been determined to establish exploration targets for high-purity quartz (HPQ) and to gain a better understanding of the genesis of pegmatites hosting HPQ deposits. Both pegmatite fields were formed during the Sveconorwegian (Grenvillian) orogeny (1145 to 900 Ma) at the western margin of the Fennoscandian Shield.