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ferromagnesian

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fer·ro·mag·ne·sian  (fr-mg-nzhn, -shn)
adj.
Containing iron and magnesium.

ferromagnesian  (fr-mg-nzhn)
Containing iron and magnesium. Magnetite and hornblende are ferromagnesian minerals.


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total) atomic) which decreases during differentiation reflecting the preferential incorporation of Mg over Fe in ferromagnesian minerals.
During gold skarn development, destruction of igneous ferromagnesian minerals and the lowering of iron content of the endoskarn were matched correspondingly by an increase of iron in the exoskarn.
Mineralization at the Mitchell North Zone is hosted by a distinctive, reddish-purple K-spar-quartz porphyritic granite, which is conspicuously lacking in ferromagnesian minerals.
 
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