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The influence of chemical factors on the crystallization of hornblende in igneous rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

W. Q. Kennedy
W. Q. Kennedy*
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H.M., Geological Survey of Great Britain
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It is now more than sixty years since Tschermak first published his classical paper on the relationship between the pyroxenes and amphiboles, but, in spite of our greatly increased knowledge of these important rock-forming minerals, many of the problems concerning their constitution and genesis remain unsolved. In particular, the nature of the conditions which determine whether a pyroxene or an amphibole will separate from a crystallizing magma are imperfectly understood, although the point is one of very considerable petrological significance. Much fuller information is necessary, particularly with regard to the relationship between the composition of the ferromagnesian minerals and the rocks in which they occur. The present paper merely represents a preliminary attempt to correlate the available chemical evidence and to determine what other possible factors might influence the character of the ferromagnesian crystallization.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 151 , December 1935 , pp. 203 - 207
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1935

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