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Metasomatism associated with the greenstone-hornfelses of Kenidjack and Botallack, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

C. E. Tilley
C. E. Tilley*
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University of Cambridge
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In a paper entitled 'Hornfelses from Kenidjack, Cornwall' 1 the nature and origin of the rock types characterized by anthophyllite and cummingtonite occurring in the aureole of the Land's End granite were discussed.

Since these rocks were 'investigated in 1928 the writer has extended his study of them both in the field and in the laboratory, with the result that further light on the origin of these rock types has been obtained. It is the purpose of these notes to examine in more detail the evidence which is considered to add to their understanding. In the Kenidiack paper the petrography of the rocks was described at some length and in the present paper petrographic data will be given only in so far as they supplement the previous account, which may be consulted for a detailed statement.

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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 151 , December 1935 , pp. 181 - 202
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1935

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page 181 note 1 Tilley, C. E. and Flett, J. S., Summ. Progr. Geol. Surv. Great Britain, 1930, for 1929, pt. 2, pp. 24-41,Google Scholar hereafter referred to as the Kenidjack paper. [M.A. 4-402.]

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