Reconnaissance fluid inclusion study of the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia County, Virginia

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 746-753

  Smerekanicz, John R ^a,b   Dudás, Francis Ö ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOPAZ;

FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GENETIC RELATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION TEMPERATURES; LIQUID PHASE; METEORIC WATERS; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; PRIMARY INCLUSIONS;

GRANITE;

BERYL; FLUID INCLUSION; PEGMATITE; QUARTZ; TOPAZ;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032702931     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-5-606     Document Type: Article

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