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mineral suite

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mineral suite [′min·rəl ′swēt]
(mineralogy)
A group of associated minerals in one deposit.
A representative group of minerals from a certain locality.
A group of specimens showing variations, as in color or form, in a single mineral species.


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Altogether 200-500 mineral grains were counted in each mineral suite and the results were expressed in the percentages of the respective fraction.
The indicator mineral suite found to date is similar in composition to that found by Ashton, which is not comparable to the classical model for diamondiferous kimberlite with the associated G10 garnets.
The macrocyrst mineral suite of both kimberlite boulder trains is dominated by coarse olivine, with purple and orange garnets and ilmenites present in lesser amounts.
 
 
 
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