Dataset
Data Publication
Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry trace elements analyses of Li-rich micas of Pan-African pegmatites in Mozambique
Bunzula, Violeta Lavínia | Müller, Axel | Erambert, Muriel | van Schijndel, Valby | Schulz, Bernhard | Götze, Jens | Gilbricht, Sabine | Sláma, Jiří | Simonsen, Siri
GFZ Data Services
(2025)
Descriptions
This data report presents the in-situ LA-ICP-MS trace element geochemistry of the micas of the Pan-African rare-element pegmatites of the Alto Ligonha Pegmatite District in northern Mozambique. The pegmatites contain Li-rich micas and primary Li aluminosilicates, such as spodumene. Five Alto Ligonha pegmatites, Naípa, Muiâne, Napepesso West, Nanro, and Natxepo, were investigated to better understand the fractionation of pegmatite melts leading to Li enrichment, utilizing e.g. the trace element chemistry of mica from different parts of these pegmatites. Micas collected from the wall zone, intermediate zone and core zone of the studied pegmatites show high but also highly variable concentrations of the incompatible elements like Li, Rb, Cs, Be, and Ta. Very strong pegmatite-internal fractionation is recorded by the mica chemistry of the Naípa, Muiâne and Nanro pegmatites. In these pegmatites, Li2O in white micas measured with LA-ICP-MS increases from 0.1-1.4 wt.% in the wall zone, to 0.3-1.7 wt.% in the intermediate zone, 1.5-3.8 wt.% in the core zone and up to 5.4 wt.% in the pockets. The data record extreme Li enrichment during the final crystallization stage.
Keywords
MSL enriched keywords
analysis
microchemical analysis
trace elements
whole rock analysis
trace elements
igneous rock - intrusive
acidic intrusive
pegmatite
minerals
silicate minerals
inosilicates
pyroxene - clinopyroxene
spodumene
phyllosilicates
mica
equipment
mass spectrometer
inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer
laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
measured property
beryllium
cesium
lithium
neon
rubidium
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
trace elements
trace elements
pegmatite
Originally assigned keywords
Li-rich mica
aluminosilicates
trace elements
pegmatite
fractionation
Pan-African
compound material > igneous material > igneous rock > phaneritic igneous rock > pegmatite
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > ELEMENTS > TRACE ELEMENTS
Metadata
MSL enriched sub domains
geochemistry
Resource Type
Source publisher
| GFZ Data Services |
Creators
| Bunzula, Violeta Lavínia |
| Personal |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Müller, Axel |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-5762 |
| Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| Erambert, Muriel |
| Personal |
| University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| van Schijndel, Valby |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-8200 |
| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany |
| Schulz, Bernhard |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-3431 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Götze, Jens |
| Personal |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Gilbricht, Sabine |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-2415 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Sláma, Jiří |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-2225 |
| Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Simonsen, Siri |
| Personal |
| https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=34873561000 |
| University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
Contributors
| Bunzula, Violeta Lavínia |
| Personal |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Bunzula, Violeta Lavínia |
| Personal |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Müller, Axel |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-5762 |
| Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| Müller, Axel |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-5762 |
| Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| Erambert, Muriel |
| Personal |
| University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| van Schijndel, Valby |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-8200 |
| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany |
| van Schijndel, Valby |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-8200 |
| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany |
| van Schijndel, Valby |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-8200 |
| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany |
| Schulz, Bernhard |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-3431 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Götze, Jens |
| Personal |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Gilbricht, Sabine |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-2415 |
| TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany |
| Sláma, Jiří |
| Personal |
| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-2225 |
| Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Simonsen, Siri |
| Personal |
| https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=34873561000 |
| University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
| EleMap LA-ICP-MS laboratory of GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam |
| Personal |
| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, DE |
| Müller, Axel |
| Personal |
| Laboratoire des Gîtes Minéraux, Hydrogéologie & Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Oujda, Morocco |
Citation
Bunzula, V. L., Müller, A., Erambert, M., van Schijndel, V., Schulz, B., Götze, J., Gilbricht, S., Sláma, J., & Simonsen, S. (2025). Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry trace elements analyses of Li-rich micas of Pan-African pegmatites in Mozambique [Dataset]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/FIDGEO.2025.044
References
Dates
| Issued | 2025 |
Language
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Funding References
| Funder Name | European Commission’s Horizon 2020 innovation program grant |
| Award Number | 869274 |
| Award Title | GREENPEG project ‘New Exploration Tools for European Pegmatite Green-Tech Resources’ |
Rights
| Name | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| URI | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Identifier | cc-by-4.0 |
| Identifier Scheme | SPDX |
| Scheme URI | https://spdx.org/licenses/ |