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Coarsening kinetics of coexisting peristerite and film microperthite over 10 4 to 10 5 years

Date

Authors

Parsons, I

Fitz Gerald, John

Publisher

Mineralogical Society of America

Abstract

Alkali feldspar crystals from the Klokken syenite pluton (South Greenland) have a coarse patch perthite exsolution texture, on the scale of hundreds of micrometers, produced by dissolution-repre-cipitation reactions at ~500 °C. We have discovered that Ab

Keywords

Keywords: alkali feldspar; crystal property; crystallization; decomposition; dissolution; experimental mineralogy; exsolution; high temperature; metamorphic rock; parameterization; pegmatite; periodicity; perthite; precipitation (chemistry); reaction kinetics; text Alkali feldspar; Diffusion; Kinetics; Klokken intrusion; Peristerite; Perthite

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52771

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

American Mineralogist

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.2138/am.2011.3770

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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