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A Local Potassic Modification of the Ballachulish Granodiorite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

I. D. Muir
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge.

Abstract

The development of potash-rich pyroxene-bearing rocks around inclusions derived from the Appin limestone is associated with the transfer of magmatic silicon, aluminium, iron, and sodium. Calcium lost to the magma, by combining with further silicon, aluminium, and sodium to form a marginal zone rich in plagioclase, has left the magma enriched in potassium.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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