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Dalradian margarite: a preliminary note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. A. Chinner
G. A. Chinner
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and PetrologyDowning PlaceCambridge
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Summary

Margarite occurs in quartz-bearing Dalradian graphitic schists both as a primary phase and as an alteration product of kyanite. The disposition of alteration products in these rocks demonstrates clearly the role of an externally imposed gas phase in determining margarite development.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 1 , January 1974 , pp. 75 - 78
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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