Manganoan-fayalite-bearing granitic pegmatite from quirra, sardinia: Relation to host plutonic rocks and tectonic affiliation

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-133

  Pani, Elisabetta ^a   Rizzo, Roberto ^a   Raudsepp, Mati ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A type granite; Granitic pegmatite; Italy; Manganoan fayalite; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

A TYPE ROCK; FAYALITE; GRANITE; MANGANESE; OLIVINE; PEGMATITE;

ITALY, SARDINIA, MONTE PERDOSU;

EID: 0030867116     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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