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6. Conclusions The Albany deposit is a unique type of igneous-hosted, fluidderived graphite mineralization. Igneous-hosted deposits are rare, as these environments do not usually provide suitable conditions for the formation of sizable deposits. The defining characteristic of the Albany deposit is the occurrence of crystalline, fi ne-grained graphite within two large breccia pipes. The formation of the Albany deposit required an unusual combination of geological factors, including: 1) intrusion of CO2 -rich hypabyssal monzondiorite magmas, of possible mantle origin; 2) generation of a CO2 -CH4 orthomagmatic fluid by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; 3) development of two vent breccia pipes due to turbulent ascent of a gas-rich orthomagmatic fluid; and 4) precipitation of graphite in response to the sudden depressurization and quenching of the orthomagmatic fl uid. The rapid precipitation of graphite at temperatures up to 581°C generated fine grained, but highly crystalline graphite, with comparable crystallographic properties to synthetic graphite used in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries.
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