Parsons, IFitz Gerald, John2015-12-100003-004Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/52771Alkali 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 AbKeywords: 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; PerthiteCoarsening kinetics of coexisting peristerite and film microperthite over 10 4 to 10 5 years201110.2138/am.2011.37702016-02-24