gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1993.057.389.18 Short Communications Magnesian Ilmenites in Picrite Basalts from Siberian and Deccan Traps—Additional Mineralogical Evidence for Primary Melt Compositions(?) Murari R. National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad 500007, India Krishnamurthy P. Atomic Minerals Division, Hyderabad 500016, India Tikhonenko P. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Moscow 117075, Russia Gopalan K. National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad 500007, India 12 1993 57 389 733 735 17 8 1992 25 2 1993 Copyright © 1993, The Mineralogical Society 1993 magnesian ilmenite picrite basalts Siberian and Deccan Traps