Textures and chemical compositions of the Narm iron oxide-apatite deposit in Kuh-e-Sarhangi District (Central Iran): Insights into the magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization

Funding

This study is a part of the PhD thesis by the first author and funded by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (Research Project No. 47036.3). We appreciate Mr. M.R. Pirbodaghi and F. Babaei, who provided the facilities of field work and also Mr. M.R. Sahandi, Dr. J. Taheri and Mr. S. Shabani who helped us for his field assistance. The authors are grateful to Prof. Abart and Mr. Kiraly for their help in arranging EPMA analysis in the University of Vienna , Austria and Prof. Dr. Ronald J. Bakker, to helping us to do Raman, Prof. Dr. Frank Melcher to do SEM and Prof. Dr. Johann G. Raith and Maik Zimmermann for EPMA analysis in Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. Thanks to Prof. Harris from the University of Cape Town for helping us with the O-isotope analyses and the best regarding Prof. Valentine R. Troll from the Uppsala University, Sweden, to arrange the O-isotope analysis. We sincerely thank Dr. Leslie Logan from Luleå University of Technology for editing this manuscript. Thanks are also due to Prof. Pirajno (editor-in-chief of the journal) and Prof. Asadi Harooni (associated editor) and Prof. Mohammad Khedr and Dr. Daneshvar (Reviewers of the journal) for their review and handling of this paper. This study is a part of the PhD thesis by the first author and funded by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (Research Project No. 47036.3). We appreciate Mr. M.R. Pirbodaghi and F. Babaei, who provided the facilities of field work and also Mr. M.R. Sahandi, Dr. J. Taheri and Mr. S. Shabani who helped us for his field assistance. The authors are grateful to Prof. Abart and Mr. Kiraly for their help in arranging EPMA analysis in the University of Vienna, Austria and Prof. Dr. Ronald J. Bakker, to helping us to do Raman, Prof. Dr. Frank Melcher to do SEM and Prof. Dr. Johann G. Raith and Maik Zimmermann for EPMA analysis in Montanuniversit?t Leoben, Austria. Thanks to Prof. Harris from the University of Cape Town for helping us with the O-isotope analyses and the best regarding Prof. Valentine R. Troll from the Uppsala University, Sweden, to arrange the O-isotope analysis. We sincerely thank Dr. Leslie Logan from Lule? University of Technology for editing this manuscript. Thanks are also due to Prof. Pirajno (editor-in-chief of the journal) and Prof. Asadi Harooni (associated editor) and Prof. Mohammad Khedr and Dr. Daneshvar (Reviewers of the journal) for their review and handling of this paper.